I'm sure that's certainly theoretically all true, I'm just saying that in my experience, having heard people do it with double horns, there was a difference. Everybody else's mileage may vary of course.
- Steve Mumford In a message dated 9/7/05 1:00:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jrc in SC writes: > This would mean that, on a standard F-horn, you can hear a tonal > difference between 1st-space F# and the 2nd-line G just above it. That > would be a player problem, would it not? Assuming that one "crooks" the > F-horn into E when simply playing our written B-natural scale, then, as > Hans has pointed out, when you think about which notes are actually > being played using what fingerings, there's more difference to be heard > in the overall key of the ensemble being E (instead of F) than you would > (should) notice in a the timbre of the horn alone. > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

