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Author: Flute player
Date: 2000-04-19 17:31
What is an english horn? Is it a type of brass instrument?
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Author: Bill
Date: 2000-04-19 20:57
It's a woodwind. It's an alto oboe pitched a fifth below the oboe. You may be thinking of a French horn which is brass.
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Author: Eoin
Date: 2000-04-19 22:56
In Europe, the English horn is always called the Cor Anglais, at least when talking in English!
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Author: Grant Green
Date: 2000-07-12 18:33
The English horn (aka cor anglais) is like an oboe, pitched a fifth lower in F. It has the same fingering system as an oboe, and is played with a double reed, but has a bulbous bell. It has a very distinctive sound, and often has a solo part. If you remember the "morning" section of the William Tell Overture, or the slow part of Dvorak's New World Symphony, you've heard the cor anglais.
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