French horns
Circular orchestral brass
French horns are brass instruments with a coiled tube and flared bell, played by buzzing the lips into a funnel-shaped mouthpiece.
The player's hand inside the bell helps control pitch and tone.
Known for their warm, mellow sound, French horns appear in orchestras and brass ensembles: The French horns came in on the third measure.
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- woodwindsInstruments played by blowing
- stringsThin flexible lines
percussion · conductor · ensemble · chamber music · soloist · opera · pit orchestra · Mahler
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- rotorsSpinning airfoil assemblies
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
fingering · tuning · pitch · mutes · crooks · slide · bore · wrap
Valved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- tubaLowest brass instrument
- mellophoneMarching band brass horn
- euphoniumTenor-range brass instrument
cornet · flugelhorn · brass quintet · fanfare · hornist · wind ensemble · marching band · brass section
Moderately heated, or friendly
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- richHaving much of something
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- heroicExceptionally brave and noble
lyrical · brassy · dark · sonorous · resonant · hunting call · romantic · majestic
Implicit secondary meanings
- partialsIncomplete sets or components
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- rangeExtent of variation
- dynamicsStudy of forces
glissando · breath control · hand position · articulation · tonguing
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- woodwindsInstruments played by blowing
strings · percussion · conductor · ensemble · chamber music · soloist · opera · pit orchestra · Mahler · Strauss
valves
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- rotorsSpinning airfoil assemblies
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
embouchure · fingering · tuning · pitch · mutes · crooks · slide · bore · wrap
trumpet
Valved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- tubaLowest brass instrument
- mellophoneMarching band brass horn
euphonium · cornet · flugelhorn · brass quintet · fanfare · hornist · wind ensemble · marching band · brass section
warm
Moderately heated, or friendly
heroic · lyrical · brassy · dark · sonorous · resonant · hunting call · romantic · majestic · soaring
overtones
Implicit secondary meanings
- partialsIncomplete sets or components
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- rangeExtent of variation
dynamics · glissando · breath control · hand position · articulation · tonguing
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- brass instrumentstrumpet, trombone, trumpets, trombones, tuba
- orchestrassymphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, philharmonic, string ensemble, sinfonietta
French hornstrumpets
Valved brass instruments
trombones · bugles · cornets · sousaphones · tubas
French hornspiccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
trumpets · oboes · clarinets · snare drums · cymbals
French hornsviolins
Bowed stringed instruments
cellos · string section · harps · pianos · percussion section
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