What's the correct clef for a French horn?

RE: What's the correct clef for a French horn? (kennywtelejazz)

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:28:56 GMT

ORIGINAL: rumleymusic

tls is correct.

The French Horn is mainly a treble clef instrument, though it does frequently play in bass clef, because it has the widest range of any brass instrument. Modern practice is to keep the horn as an F instrument in both treble and bass clefs even though that violates the conventional rule about bass clef transpositions.

I agree...
some links to clarify....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_(instrument)

http://cnx.org/content/m10672/latest/

http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11617/latest/

RE: What's the correct clef for a French horn? (rumleymusic)

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:10:28 GMT

tls is correct.

The French Horn is mainly a treble clef instrument, though it does frequently play in bass clef, because it has the widest range of any brass instrument. Modern practice is to keep the horn as an F instrument in both treble and bass clefs even though that violates the conventional rule about bass clef transpositions.

RE: What's the correct clef for a French horn? (kennywtelejazz)

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:26:00 GMT

take a look here
http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45356

RE: What's the correct clef for a French horn? (tls11823)

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:52:40 GMT

I've usually seen it as treble clef, but I think third horn parts are sometimes on bass clef.

What's the correct clef for a French horn? (revnice1)

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:20:03 GMT

Thanks - rev