Famous French Horn Payers
French Horn Fingerings/ Note Names
Maintenance
History
Fun Facts
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This person is known today as a "Hornfluencer" and posts on several social media platforms. They are Associate/Third horn of the Louisville Orchestra and is the Professor of Horn at The University of Kentucky. 

Who is Scott Leger

100
The most commonly used fingering for a D in the staff.
What is Trigger, 1 and 2?
100
The type of oil used on the valves.
What is rotary oil?
100
Early predecessors of the horn were mainly used to do this.
What is horn calls used to signal the beginning and ending of the hunt?
100
What is the marching French horn called?
What is a mellophone?
200

This player has won SEVERAL principal horn jobs. He has served as principal or assistant prinipal with groups such as The Dallas Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, LA Phil, and is now the interim principal at The New York Philharmonic.

Who is David Cooper?

200

What is the fingering for High G#

What is T 2 and 3 

200
The number of times per year that a horn should receive a thorough home cleaning.
What is twice a year?
200
The origin country of the French Horn
What is Germany?
200
The key to playing the horn this way is to correctly position the right hand in the right place and close the hand.
What is stopped horn?
300
A German composer and Horn player that is known mainly for his 60 horn etudes that are played by majority of horn players at the advanced level.
What is Georg Kopprasch?
300

What is the note 4 lines below the treble clef staff?

What is Peddle D?

300
The parts of the horn that should be replaced regularly so that they do not pop.
What is valve strings?
300
The idea of the horn came to be because what happened first?
What is people would blow on animal horns?
300
The part about the French horn that makes it more difficult than other brass instruments to hit the notes properly.
What is having more partials?
400

This person is an American-born British-American French horn player and media presenter. In 2001 they became the first ever female brass player to win a position with the Berlin Philharmonic. 

Who is Sarah Willis?

400

What is the note name for the first space in the Bass Clef Staff?

What is A?

400

The items that should be in every horn repair kit.

What is valve oil, slide grease, a leadpipe cleaner, a mouthpiece puller, bumper cork, pliers, and a screwdrivers?

400
This invention changed the way that the horn was played in 1815 and made it so that the hand was not the only way to change the pitch.
What is the invention of a horn with piston valves?
400

The approximate length of the tubing if laid flat.

What is 18-22 feet?

500

This player was born in Germany in 1822 and was principle horn of the Bavarian Court Opera for over 40 years.

Who is Franz Strauss?

500

What is the note name for the 4th line in Bass Cleff?

What is F?

500
The part of the horn that the mouthpiece goes into that needs to be cleaned twice a month.
What is the leadpipe?
500
A horn with no Bb Trigger
What is a single horn?
500
Horn with no valves, controlled only by hand positions, embouchure, and breath control.
What is natural horn?
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