Horn
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==What in tarnation is a "horn"?== I mean a conical-bore brass instrument buzzed with the lips. But not a tuba. We can speak of //natural horns// and //valved horns//. Natural horns have no valves, and are naturally near the harmonic series in their series of tones: (fancypants graphic 1) In 19th century technique, notes near the 7th and 11th harmonics were often written and could be finagled with different hand placements; even a C major scale in the lower octave could be negotiated. There was no avoiding an unevenness of tone, however. To satiate the modulatory desires of classical composers, horns were soon made with a system of interchangeable //crooks// which, when inserted, would give a variety of keys. Composers could even have one horn in E and another in F...(page is incomplete)
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<html><head><title>microtonal horn</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h2> --><h2 id="toc0"><a name="x-What in tarnation is a "horn"?"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->What in tarnation is a "horn"?</h2> <br /> I mean a conical-bore brass instrument buzzed with the lips. But not a tuba.<br /> <br /> We can speak of <em>natural horns</em> and <em>valved horns</em>. Natural horns have no valves, and are naturally near the harmonic series in their series of tones:<br /> <br /> (fancypants graphic 1)<br /> <br /> In 19th century technique, notes near the 7th and 11th harmonics were often written and could be finagled with different hand placements; even a C major scale in the lower octave could be negotiated. There was no avoiding an unevenness of tone, however.<br /> <br /> To satiate the modulatory desires of classical composers, horns were soon made with a system of interchangeable <em>crooks</em> which, when inserted, would give a variety of keys. Composers could even have one horn in E and another in F...(page is incomplete)</body></html>