Instrument Knowledge- French Horn - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The French Horn is part of what instrument family?	Brass	100%
A single French Horn will have how many valves?	3	90%
What two keys are single French Horns most often pitched in?	F	90%
	B flat	83%
The instrument normally referred to as a French Horn actually originated in what country?	Germany	73%
What word describes a French Horn that combines both the above keys in one horn?	Double	67%
As opposed to piston valves, like those on a trumpet, what type of valves do most French Horns use?	Rotary	50%
What was the predecessor to the modern French Horn, that had no mechanical way to alter the pitch?	Natural Horn	33%
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%
What instrument, named for composer Richard Wagner, despite its name, is actually a horn?	Wagner Tuba	27%
The French Horn has tubing that gradually widens throughout the instrument. This is an example of what type of bore?	Conical	23%
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%
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%
The French Horn is more closely related to what family of instruments (members include tuba and flugelhorn) than to a trumpet?	Saxhorn	7%
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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