French horn clef

Horns are generally written in treble clef, though if you're writing a low passage of any length—like from the F below Middle C down—you can switch to bass clef, as horn players read both.

1. What clef does horn read in?
2. Can French horn be written in bass clef?
3. Does French horn transpose?
4. What is a French violin clef?

What clef does horn read in?

The horn is a transposing instrument and unlike the trumpet sounds deeper than written in all tunings. The modern horn is notated in F; in bass clef and treble clef it is written a fifth higher than it sounds.

Can French horn be written in bass clef?

Yes, the pedal notes in the horn may be written in the bass clef and the rule of thumb is only if it goes below G3.

Does French horn transpose?

Conversely, to find the pitches that would sound from some music written for a French horn, you would transpose down by a perfect fifth: a written C sounds as F, and a written D sounds as G, and so on.

What is a French violin clef?

The French violin clef is similar to the ordinary treble clef but positioned on the bottom line of the staff to indicate the position of the pitch "G" above middle C. ... The clef symbol itself is a fancy letter "G", the central loop of which wraps around the line indicating the pitch "G4".