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- How much does an English horn cost?
- Is the English horn hard to play?
- Why is the English horn called the English horn?
- What is an English horn?
How much does an English horn cost?
If your school needs to buy an English Horn, it would be a fine choice. Professional instruments cost between $8,000 and $10,000 with many choices: Lor�e, Rigoutat, Howarth, Fox, and Laubin all make good instruments.
Is the English horn hard to play?
How hard is the English horn to play? The challenge is making a beautiful sound as opposed to a nasal sound -- like the instrument has a cold, or like the reeds are made out of two razor blades instead of two pieces of cane.
Why is the English horn called the English horn?
The name ”English horn” is most probably derived from the horn-like shape of early tenor oboes, especially the oboe da caccia: it seems to have resembled the horns with which angels were depicted in religious illustrations from the Middle Ages and thereafter.
What is an English horn?
English horn, French cor anglais, German Englischhorn, orchestral woodwind instrument, a large oboe pitched a fifth below the ordinary oboe, with a bulbous bell and, at the top end, a bent metal crook on which the double reed is placed. It is pitched in F, being written a fifth higher than it sounds.
