All other brass instruments need to go home. We have a winner. From fiendishly exposed entries in Brandenburg Concertos to cruel openings to Bruckner symphonies, the humble French horn has for ...

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this ...

According to the National Association of Music Merchants, in 2019 US schools acquired 258,000 brass instruments. Still, the runway to a higher volume of sales is there for S.E. Shires.

The french horn (or horn for short) consists of a very long brass tube, which curls round and round. Originally made from hollowed-out animals' horns, the horn was used for signalling.

Horn maker has eye, ear for details; Instruments: From his Boonsboro shop, a former BSO member builds some of the world’s finest French horns. By UPDATED: September 28, 2021 at 8:39 PM EDT ...

I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

French horns used to create the sound of one of The Beatles’ most acclaimed albums have gone on display. The brass instruments can be heard on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was ...

1815: A Prussian composer reports a new contrivance. A local chamber musician has modified his brass concert horn, adding valves that allow him to play all the notes in the chromatic scale deftly ...

In their musical House of Sound Greg Foot and Fran Scott explore how brass instruments work. This clip will be relevant for teaching Science or Music at Key Stage Two or Second Level.

No woman has ever achieved a higher profile on the French horn than Sarah Willis. Why? It's not as if she is a renowned soloist. But she is the first and only woman to join the brass section of the ...