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(@alex_)
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Well...

the lowest note (in blue) that it says all horns can play is... wow thats low..

(counts ledger lines) ...

G (6 ledger lines down)

and the lowest POSSIBLE note is an E .. 10 ledger lines down.



   
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(@Anonymous)
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I've yet to hear a horn player get down to that - even my tuba would struggle.



   
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(@paul-donnelly)
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And that's treble clef, transposed to F, right?  If so, then I can hit all those notes.  If not, then there's never been a horn player alive who could do that.  The horn has a theoretical range nearly an octave below that (F#, I think, is the lowest note), but I can't play there (yet).  My lowest note is a C two octaves below middle C (transposed to F, of course), and my lowest solid note is the D right above that.  On a good day, of course.  I probably shouldn't have told you that.  We aren't supposed to tell composers how low the horn can go, for fear that they might write something using those notes.



   
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(@alex_)
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yeah it did say Horn in F.. but i didnt understand what that meant.

like for trumpets / clarinets i could change their key signature to match the rest of the orchestra but i couldnt change the Horn, so i didnt know if that was a different situation.



   
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(@paul-donnelly)
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Maybe it let you change the trumpet and clarinet because they're more readily available in other keys (I think).  Horns, however, are almost always in F, often with a key to switch to a B flat horn.



   
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(@noteboat)
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My lowest note is a C two octaves below middle C (transposed to F, of course)

My oldest son plays French horn, and his lowest note is an octave below that (the lowest C on a piano).  He tells me his teacher can play "a little lower than that", but then his teacher performs with the CSO here.


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(@paul-donnelly)
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That's very impressive.



   
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