Different types of French horn | Don't Fear the Horn: Chapter 3

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Don't Fear the Horn with Richard Steggall

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"Don't Fear the Horn: A comprehensive guide to the French horn for brass players and teachers"
Chapter 3: Different types of instrument
00:00 Introduction
00:44 4-step horn identification system
01:20 Single horn
01:36 F or B-flat?
01:57 "F" test
02:41 Mini-horns, or, "mini-wrap" horns or "kinderhorns"
03:11 Double horn
03:38 Full double and Compensating double, or "compensator"
04:11 Stands in F or B-flat? Thumb valve (trigger)
05:07 B-flat single with stopping valve
05:17 Alto (double descant) horn
05:22 Triple horn
05:33 Tenor cor
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@fredneu7645 4 ай бұрын

You know how you said F open is the standard. Not in Norway! Every horn player I know plays on the Bb side. I recently went to Paxman in London to buy a double horn. I was super confused when the instrument played the wring note 😂. Luckily we had it switched before my plane home

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

It's the same in the UK, as almost every player plays on the B-flat side, but horns (being the traditional things they are) are still supplied as sitting in F as standard. Like you, I've always switched mine to sit in B-flat.

@sally9745 4 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I needed when I had my first horn, a compensating double - I had no clue about any of the things you have talked us through. My Tune A Day book did not explain it! My teacher had to try and work out what horn I had over Zoom, as I started learning in lockdown. Brilliant presentation. I learnt lots. Looking forward to Chapter 4!

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

So glad you like it, Sally!📯❤

@StephenBiebuyck 5 ай бұрын

keep up the good work! I went into the first video thinking I'm going to get a good reminder of some stuff, no I actually learned quite a bit! I ll keep following!

@dontfearthehorn 5 ай бұрын

That's great news, thanks!

@bobjacobson858 4 ай бұрын

I learned several things, too! This is an excellent presentation.

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thanks @@bobjacobson858

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

Thanks @@bobjacobson858 Great news!

@MishaTheElder 4 ай бұрын

Where does the Vienna horn, used by the Vienna Philharmonic fit in the list? Thanks for the very informative series!

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

The design of the Vienna horn is (usually) a single F horn, so follows the way the single F works. The main differences from the regular F single are that the Vienna horn uses the Vienna valve (or "pumpenvalve") and has a narrower bore. Thanks for watching!

@afcsport 4 ай бұрын

Please create a video that shows how to efficiently empty the moisture out of a triple Alexander horn. Thank you.

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

Emptying water coming in Chapter 14!

@afcsport 4 ай бұрын

@@dontfearthehorn thank you Sir

@bobjacobson858 4 ай бұрын

I know of a science professor whose family name is "Triplehorn"--I don't know the origin of this name, but it's interesting to see that such an item exists! As I mentioned in a comment under your Chapter 2 video, I own a century-old Conn 6-E "French horn alto" which was advertised as a substitute for the French horn. I've had to explain to people that this instrument is NOT actually a French horn--I prefer to tell them it's an old-fashioned mellophone. Its sound is somewhat different to that of the French horn.

@dontfearthehorn 4 ай бұрын

Ha, ha! That’s a cool name. Might change mine to that! Although those instruments (like we both say) are not French horns, they can be great instruments. Where I teach we’ve got 3 nice ones that we use with tenor horn (UK)/alto horn (US) students to help them switch to a French horn as a kind of intermediate stage

@stephenstephen74 3 ай бұрын

Hi Sir. Compare to single Bb with 4 valve and Single F, which one is better in sound and calm sound

@dontfearthehorn 3 ай бұрын

It really depends. I guess most people will prefer the sound of the 4 valve Bb in the higher register. Certainly for the work that I do I’d certainly choose the Bb. Video on the Bb (and the drawbacks of the Bb) single coming up on Friday I think…