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F r i t z   F o s s

 

Location: Denver, CO
Position:

Colorado Symphony Orchestra

4th / Utility Horn

 

School:

Boston University

New World Symphony

Hometown: Glen Ellyn, IL

Greatest opportunity through music:

Touring the world with orchestras.

 

The best thing about the horn is:

Its sound!

 

How I got started in music:

Sang in the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus.

 

 

 

F r e n c h   H o r n

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The French Horn is a valved brass wind instrument that produces a mellow tone from a 21 foot long, narrow tube that is coiled in a elaborate circular structure before ending in a flaring bell. In performance, French horn players place their right hand inside the bell of the instrument to produce special sound effects like muting. Because of its smooth tone color and expressive ability to play both loudly and softly, it helps to blend the homogeneous sound of the strings with the more varied color of the woodwinds. It evolved from the hunting horn developed during the 17th century.

 

 

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Print a fingering chart

Single Horn - in F & Bb

Double Horn - F/Bb

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Major

Natural Minor

Harmonic Minor

Melodic Minor

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