Mostly correct, except that Holton is a brand. There are many double horns that are not Holtons.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Aaron Andrew Hunt <aaronh...@h-pi.com> wrote: > On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: >> >> But I've never come across "Bb French Horn in F"! Bear in mind the >> French Horn is an orchestral instrument and I'm not an orchestral >> trombone player, but what I understood is *supposed* to happen is that >> the horn player whips out his Bb tuning slide (or "crook") and swaps it >> for an F tuning slide. This actually physically changes the fundamental >> to an F so it now really is an "F French Horn". That's not to say that >> some players don't bother and play the F part with the instrument still >> in Bb. > > Most modern horns are double (Holton) horns, which are > effectively 2 horns in one: a Bb and an F horn, to make playing > easier. Which horn a player uses to play a given pitch doesn't > really matter. Some play single horns, some play double. Some > play triple horns, with yet another valve to change the fundamental. > Slides (or crooks) generally aren't swapped on modern instruments. > But I think this is getting far afield of Lilypond concerns. > > Yours, > Aaron > ===== > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-devel mailing list > lilypond-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel > -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - han...@xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
