WetGeek I'm old enough to have played the hell out of his (and Two out of Three Ain't Bad) on jukeboxes in some dive bars. Lotsa quarters, better days🙂

    I've been a horn player since high school ... any others here? Among horn players, Denis Brain is regarded as a minor deity (his father, Aubrey, as well). Here's an example, written by Mozart:

    The horn is commonly regarded as the most difficult to play instrument in an orchestra. I concur.

      DataDrake Retired. But I have 9 years of trumpet under my belt.

      When I refused to go to any more piano lessons with the evil spinster across the street, my parents bought me a Conn cornet for Christmas one year. I played in an elementary school band, about 6th grade, I think. The guys with trumpets made fun of my cornet. I think it might have been a "mine's loner than yours kinda thing."

        Horns didn't originally have any valves at all. Especially in Mozart's day. They were basically German (not French) hunting horns, adopted for orchestral use. Here's an example of the same Mozart concerto played on a natural (valveless) horn. Can you tell the difference with your eyes closed?

        The first use of valves on a horn was designed just to add different slides to change the horn's key. It was a lot more convenient than pulling out one slide and replacing it with a longer or shorter one. (Often, concerts involve various pieces in different keys, so a quick change was an advantage.) The hornist still played different notes just with his embrochure and hand in the bell.

        Mogwai - Midnight Flit 🐺

        Enjoying the new Mogwai album. Maybe this song will be by my favorite 🙂

        laky I didn't think you could top Rod's from the 70's..forgot all about Danny Whitten...another tragic figure like Gram Parsons with the same talent. But damn, that was lovely.

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            brent

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