The French Horn - My Favorite Musical Instrument

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Ode To The Horn - A Marvelous Musical Instrument

Learn the history of the french horn, listen to excerpts of horn pieces, design your own french horn t-shirt, explore links to websites about famous horn players, what kind of horn to purchase, where to find french horn t shirt designs, french horn on wiki plus tools for musicians and more.

Could YOU Play The French Horn?

It's not as easy as it looks...

French horn players can tell you... it's all about consistency. And that's not an easy thing to develop. The best horn players have not only beautiful tone but can produce their musical brilliance on a consistent basis. Listen to a variety of horn players and see how different the french horn can sound from musician to musician. All it takes is practice!
Canadian Brass: Quintet (Magic Horn CD)
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French Horn Gifts

GREAT FRENCH HORN APPAREL AND GIFTS from Milestones Music!


Great French Horn Links For You

Find all kinds of cool horn related info.

Here are a few of my favorite music websites for french horn players to explore.
Milestones Music T-shirts and Gifts
Horn Excerpts.org
GREAT website that presents a well organized offering of classical music excerpts with written scores for all horn parts, plus audio recordings of each musical pieces from various performing groups.
International Horn Society
Formed in June 1970, the International Horn Society has over 3500 members from all over the world, and offers its members The Horn Call (a music journal), scholarship opportunities for college age horn students, and many other resources.
The American Horn Quartet
"Established in 1982 by four Americans who perform in well known European orchestras, the American Horn Quartet enjoys an ever increasing popularity in the brass chamber music world. Its members have won numerous prizes as soloists at international competitions in Europe and North America. ...."
Learn more about this performing group on their website, including reading bios of the quartet members, etc.
Online Metronome
Here's an online metronome you can use when you need to get the tempo into your head. Great for students.
Mad Conductor Music Shirts And Gifts

In our main Mad Conductor Music Shop website, you'll find a boatload of fun french horn hoodies, t-shirts, hats and gifts for horn players.
French Horn Trivia Quiz
This is a very fun French Horn trivia quiz. Test your knowledge on everything from past and present horn players to famous horn pieces, who wrote them and why!

Personalized World's Best Horn Player Tees For The French Horn Musician

SchoolMusicT-shirts.com - Add a name to personalize this cool french horn design

World's Best Horn Player

Personalized Music T-shirts
Perfect for guys or gals, this fun World's Best French Horn player design in navy and tan comes on a variety of music t-shirts, hoodies and gifts that you can add a name to for a custom gift. Find more great french horn tee shirts at SchoolMusicTshirts.com
french horn cupcake tshirt

Where Do You Play Your Horn?

For those of you who are horn musicians, take the survey below to let others know where you currently play your french horn!

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Horn Apparel For Rehearsals and Gigs

Strut your stuff in these cool french horn designs.

Vote For Your Favorite French Horn Player

Whose playing really floats your boat?

Do you have a favorite horn player from the past or present? Vote for them here. If you don't see their name just add it to the list.

Phillip Myers

6 points

Dennis Brain

4 points

Barry Tuckwell

2 points

John Barrows

2 points

Philip Farkas

1 point

0 points

Frank Lloyd

0 points

Annamia Eriksson

0 points

Cool Gifts For Horn Players

Fear the French Horn


Horn players are a loyal lot and love to show off their musical instruments. Shop for fun french horn t-shirts and our newest item - horn player pajamas!

Tips For Tuning Your French Horn

from http://www.frhorn.com - French Horn Resource Page

Check out all the great french horn information at French Horn Resource Page There are fun links, tips on transposing and tuning your horn and much more. Here is an excerpt from the material available:
Transposition Tips

"The ability to transpose is absolutely necessary for the horn player. It is very often that you see a horn student terrified by transposition. Here is a fast and easy way to learn transposition.
Horn in Eb

In this transposition, think of the note below the written note. 2 flats should be added to the key signature, if the key signature is in sharps, you take away 2 sharps.
Horn in E

In this transposition, just think a halfstep down.
Horn in D

In this transpostion, just add 3 sharps to the key signature and think a third down ( ie. the note in the space below a spaced note, the note on the line below a line note )
Horn in G

In this transposition, think of the note above the written note, then add one more sharp or remove one flat to the key signature.
Horn in A

In this transposition, think a third up and add 4 sharps to the key signature.
Horn in Ab ........"

Cool Gear For Horn Players

Horn cases, instruction books, gifts

Check out amazon's collection of horn stuff - great for gift giving or find something you need (or just want.) Lightweight horn cases, practice books and more.
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Horn CD's and more

Find Great Horn CD's by Classic Players and Groups

Looking for classic horn recordings? Check out these offerings from amazon.com They make great Christmas gifts for horn players.
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READ ABOUT FAMOUS HORN PLAYERS AND PIECES

...learn more about the best of the best horn music and musicians

From Mozart's horn concertos to familiar horn musicians like Farkas and Tuckwell, find links here to websites where you can listen and learn more about them.
Barry Tuckwell on Wiki
Read Wiki's article about famous Australian born horn player, Barry Tuckwell.
Mozart Horn Concertos
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. The concertos were written for his friend, the horn virutoso Joseph Ignaz Leitgeb (also spelled as "Leutgeb"), whom he had known since they were both members of the court orchestra in Salzburg. Leitgeb was clearly a skilled player, as the works are very difficult to perform on the natural horn of the period, requiring lip trills, much hand-stopping, and rapid tonguing.

1 No. 1 in D major, K. 412
2 No. 2 in E flat major, K. 417
3 No. 3 in E flat major, K. 447
4 No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495
The manuscript (for No. 4) was written with multicolored inks, perhaps in a jocular attempt to rattle the intended performer (Leitgeb). The Rondo from this concerto is perhaps the most famous movement from all four horn concertos: Flanders and Swann used this movement for the tune of their song "Ill Wind".
Musicologists believe that Mozart conceived other horn concertos in addition to the four outlined above, based on manuscripts including an uncompleted first movement from a concerto in E-flat major (K. 370b) (with which the Rondo, K. 371 was probably paired), and a fragment of the first movement of a concerto in E major (K. 494a)
List of Horn Players
Here's a link to the list of horn players appearing on Wikipedia, some with bios and others who need more information added about them. If you know more and want to share it, just log in to Wiki and add what you know.

Personalized French Horn Gifts

Custom horn music tote bags and t-shirts

Order a personalized french horn design on a fun music t shirt, messenger style tote bag for music, keepsake horn gift and more.
Or check out our newest personalized flower power french horn t-shirts and gifts for gals who play the horn.

Here are samples:

Is The French Horn The Toughest Instrument To Play?

It's All A Matter Of Opinion...

Share your opinion about what musical instrument is harder to play.

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How To String A French Horn Valve

Great instructional video on stringing a valve.

Wow - here's a great instructional video on how to string a french horn valve. Perfect for musicians or school band directors.
How To String a French Horn Valve
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French Horn Posters

Decorate your music room with a colorful horn poster.

French Horn - The Only Instrument That Matters! Funny horn player posters make great gifts.
French Horn Poster

French Horn Music License Plate Frames

Show your love for the horn wherever you drive!

Our colorful french horn license frames have funny music slogans and make great gifts for horn players.
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French Horn Still Life Photos

Beautiful Horn Photos.

These lovely french horn photographs celebrate the artistry of my favorite instrument.

Young Boy with a Horn by evso
French horn by Muffet
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French Horn Postage Stamps

Colorful stamps for all your music correspondence.

Fun postage stamps have french horn slogans for musicians.
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Fun Horn Photos from flickr

Just for fun, some great french horn photos from flickr.

Young Boy with a Horn by evso
A Reflection of the Score by m.gifford
Police Parade - Tachibana Middle School Band by MShades
CSA-2006-07-26-095007.jpg by The U.S. Army
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French Horn Wall Clocks

Retro style horn clocks for french horn players

These horn lover clocks make great gifts for any musician.

Welcome Horn Lovers

Please leave a note to let others know why the french horn is your passion too.

If you're here visiting, I'll assume you are passionate about the french horn. Feel free to leave a message and let others know why! Are you a horn player or someone who loves to listen? Four of my children play the french horn (yes, we could start a horn quartet one of these days.) It has always been my favorite instrument. What about you?

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