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Instrument Knowledge- French Horn - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 35 times
- The average score is 7 of 15
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| The French Horn is part of what instrument family? | Brass | 100%
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| A single French Horn will have how many valves? | 3 | 90%
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| What two keys are single French Horns most often pitched in? | F | 90%
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| B flat | 83%
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| The instrument normally referred to as a French Horn actually originated in what country? | Germany | 73%
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| What word describes a French Horn that combines both the above keys in one horn? | Double | 67%
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| As opposed to piston valves, like those on a trumpet, what type of valves do most French Horns use? | Rotary | 50%
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| What was the predecessor to the modern French Horn, that had no mechanical way to alter the pitch? | Natural Horn | 33%
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| In addition to using valves, a horn player can control the pitch by the position of his hand in the bell, a technique known as what? | Stopping | 27%
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| What instrument, named for composer Richard Wagner, despite its name, is actually a horn? | Wagner Tuba | 27%
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| The French Horn has tubing that gradually widens throughout the instrument. This is an example of what type of bore? | Conical | 23%
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| Before valves were invented, horn players would use detachable pieces of tubing to lengthen or shorten the horn, thus changing the pitch. What word refers to these pieces? | Crooks | 23%
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| What British musician was one of the greatest horn players of the 20th century, playing with the Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras? | Dennis Brain | 13%
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| The French Horn is more closely related to what family of instruments (members include tuba and flugelhorn) than to a trumpet? | Saxhorn | 7%
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| Who was the principal horn player in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years, as well as a music professor at several major universities, and the founder of Wind Music, Inc.? | Philip Farkas | 0%
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