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On the other hand, a horn player //can// do a lot with his/her hand. How much? (fancypants sound file!)

So-called double horns (F horns with a Bb valve), go extremely sharp in the higher non-Bb-valve partials; the valve is used to get the upper register in tune. This means that these kinds of horns actually have a huge variety of intonation in the upper register through various combinations of valves. More than other brass instruments which are typically designed to have in-tune partials, and thus don't need that extra valve for tuning their high ranges.

Do you like quartertones? John Eaton has this useful tip from [[http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=17fp02|an interview in NewMusicBox]]: tune the F side a quartertone lower than the Bb side!

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==Further reading==

* Secor, George D. "An Approach to the Construction of Microtonal Valved Brass Instruments - The French Horn", //Xenharmonikôn// vol. 5, spring 1976, pp. 1-3.

* Whaley, David Robert. //The Microtonal Capability of the Horn//. D.M.A. thesis, University of Illinois, 1975, 154 pages. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI, 1975.

* Heim, David Bruce. //Practical Tuning, Temperament and Conditioning for Hornists and Other Wind Instrumentalists: Understanding and attaining intonational flexibility in musical performance//. Master thesis, University of Tulsa, 1990.</pre></div>

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On the other hand, a horn player <em>can</em> do a lot with his/her hand. How much? (fancypants sound file!)<br />

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So-called double horns (F horns with a Bb valve), go extremely sharp in the higher non-Bb-valve partials; the valve is used to get the upper register in tune. This means that these kinds of horns actually have a huge variety of intonation in the upper register through various combinations of valves. More than other brass instruments which are typically designed to have in-tune partials, and thus don't need that extra valve for tuning their high ranges.<br />

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Do you like quartertones? John Eaton has this useful tip from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=17fp02" rel="nofollow">an interview in NewMusicBox</a>: tune the F side a quartertone lower than the Bb side!<br />

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 On the other hand, a horn player //can// do a lot with his/her hand. How much? (fancypants sound file!)
+So-called double horns (F horns with a Bb valve), go extremely sharp in the higher non-Bb-valve partials; the valve is used to get the upper register in tune. This means that these kinds of horns actually have a huge variety of intonation in the upper register through various combinations of valves. More than other brass instruments which are typically designed to have in-tune partials, and thus don't need that extra valve for tuning their high ranges.
 Do you like quartertones? John Eaton has this useful tip from [[http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=17fp02|an interview in NewMusicBox]]: tune the F side a quartertone lower than the Bb side!
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 ==Further reading==
-*  Secor, George D. "An Approach to the Construction of Microtonal Valved Brass Instruments - The French Horn", //Xenharmonikôn// vol. 5, spring 1976, pp. 1-3.
+* Secor, George D. "An Approach to the Construction of Microtonal Valved Brass Instruments - The French Horn", //Xenharmonikôn// vol. 5, spring 1976, pp. 1-3.
-*  Whaley, David Robert. //The Microtonal Capability of the Horn//. D.M.A. thesis, University of Illinois, 1975, 154 pages. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI, 1975.
+* Whaley, David Robert. //The Microtonal Capability of the Horn//. D.M.A. thesis, University of Illinois, 1975, 154 pages. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI, 1975.
-*  Heim, David Bruce. //Practical Tuning, Temperament and Conditioning for Hornists and Other Wind Instrumentalists: Understanding and attaining intonational flexibility in musical performance//. Master thesis, University of Tulsa, 1990.</pre></div>
+* Heim, David Bruce. //Practical Tuning, Temperament and Conditioning for Hornists and Other Wind Instrumentalists: Understanding and attaining intonational flexibility in musical performance//. Master thesis, University of Tulsa, 1990.</pre></div>
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+So-called double horns (F horns with a Bb valve), go extremely sharp in the higher non-Bb-valve partials; the valve is used to get the upper register in tune. This means that these kinds of horns actually have a huge variety of intonation in the upper register through various combinations of valves. More than other brass instruments which are typically designed to have in-tune partials, and thus don't need that extra valve for tuning their high ranges.&lt;br /&gt;
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 Do you like quartertones? John Eaton has this useful tip from &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=17fp02" rel="nofollow"&gt;an interview in NewMusicBox&lt;/a&gt;: tune the F side a quartertone lower than the Bb side!&lt;br /&gt;