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Uhm, we OBVIOUSLY kick a**, and have the BEST solos xD <3 I know I started playing horn in grade 9, I'm in grade 11 now xD.

I've been playing French horn since 6th grade, by the time I hit 12th I didn't wanna play it anymore lol. I like french horn still but yeah, I love Mellophone more and Tenor Sax also xD.

But what can I say...

I can take the french horn out of my band life


But I can't ever take the Personality of a French horn away xD

Thank goodness razz

GO FRENCH HORNS!

Also I'd like to add, I was section leader my Jr. year (should have also been for Sr. Year but that's a long story) and in the past 4 years as a small section of Mellophoneness, I've adapted to many sections and became...

MellotrumpefluPERCUSSIONclarinesaxibone

The percussion skillfully jumped in the middle of that this year xD

Good times wink

French Horns All The Way!

I just started playing french horn a little while ago. Actually, it was like a month ago. Any suggestions for a trumpet-turned-french horn player?

Practice, practice, practice. And check out the other post in the Woodwind/brass forum. I just pretty much explained a lot about the switch in that topic.

I used to be a percussionist, actually. It was fun, but I was bored all the time. I have been playing piano since I was about four, so the rhythms and such came as a breeze. I wanted a challenge.

So I switched to french horn.

And holy freaking crap am I glad I did.

It has such an awesome sound to it when it's played correctly. It is so warm and rich that it sounds like someone huddled up near a fireplace on a cold winter's night. I love it.

Heh, I was the only french horn my first year playing it (seventh grade) so I got first chair. But the next year, I had earned my first chair.

And then I moved into the high school band the next year...

And still had my first chair position.

I'm only a sophomore in high school, but I have my first chair position. NOBODY ever challenges me, lols. If anybody here is from Indiana, then you guys might know what I'm going to talk about here shortly. I entered ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Association) music festival for the first time ever, and I entered in group one. And *YAY!* I got a gold rating. Anybody else have statewide competitions like ISSMA? If so, how did you do?

I love playing in woodwind quintets. It;s such a different feel than playing a brass quintet ( as in I don't have to blast to be heard!). I only played in a woodwind quintet for 4 weeks of my life during 2 years of band camp, but i loved it. It's hard to get a good group together because oboe and bassoon players are hard to find nowadays. I also love that the music is ususally challenging. I don't like it when the horn and the bassoon do nothing, as in some pieces. If you play in a wind quintet be prepared to use lots of mutes and stopped horn.

Finally some french horn appreciation...
lol
everyone hates us, apparently!
well, no, not true.
but yes..........@.@

French horn and Mellophone...!
Marching band ---third year~~~

French Horns rock!!! blaugh I'm first chair in all-city and at school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!