r/frenchhorn

Long story short my school is doing Phantom of the Opera this year, with a live pit, but have no horns whatsoever. I am an All-State trumpet player as well as a member of my local mostly-adult symphony, and I have access to a rather nice double horn owned by my school and the Horn I, II, and III books. I would very much like to play in the pit, I played in my first one earlier this year and had a blast, and have also been wanting to learn a new instrument. My school has already hired 2 adult trumpet players for the pit, so learning horn is pretty much my only way to be in. However, as of right now, my range is decent, but my tone is choppy, muted, and inconsistent. So what's the biggest adjustment from trumpet? What do I need to focus on beyond just playing the book?

Hello! I’m a sophomore in high-school and I have honor band audition season coming up soon, and I genuinely think Morceu de Concert is gonna be the death of me. 😢Specifically part two mvt 3 with the low C up to F. I can play all the notes individually fine, but to play the C I have to set my jaw/face in general so low that I can‘t “reach” the notes past an octave up. This part ruins the entire rest of mvt 3 so I just need to be able to get it right. It’s genuinely terrible no matter how much I practice and I have one week left before my recording audition. I have some time before my live audition though and I think in my brain I’ve just registered it as impossible. Please help!

Hey I'm a new player and am having trouble learning can anyone give me some tips?

I play on a laskey protege American shank and a YHR 671D. recently, my mouthpiece has been feeling small. I can’t connect the low register notes to the high register notes well. I know almost nothing about mouthpieces. Make sure the mouthpiece fits the YHR 671D please. I am also wondering if one of the houghton horns series mouthpieces are a good purchase, though I don’t know what rim I like.