Concertino Natural Horn by Berkely 5 Set tuning Pipe(A, G, F, Eb.D +1/2Tone LP
Natural
Horn
Natural horn is the valve-less
predecessor of the modern horn. Valve-less brass instruments are
restricted
to the notes of the overtone series by the laws of acoustics. This meant
that
the only way to play melodic passages was to play in the extreme upper
register. Eventually, horn players
devised methods to overcome this obstacle and play melodically in what
we have come to think of as their most characteristic range. They
achieved this by inserting their right hands into the
bell and shading the open notes. This technique relied upon the players
ability to match the tone quality
of the closed and open notes as much as possible, and is the reason we
still use
our right hands in the bell of the modern horn to control both tone
quality and
pitch. This technique worked
well for tonal music, with the horn pitched in the key of the piece
(i.e.
Concerto in D is written for horn in D), but it had severe
limitations in
more chromatic music. It was really only practical to make the sound of
the
closed and open notes match up enough in a very limited (and soft)
dynamic
range. To change keys a system of removable
crooks was developed. A crook is a lead-pipe with enough tubing to make
the horn play in a certain key. Later developments moved the crooks to
the tuning slide so that the lead-pipe could remain fixed in place
(inventionshorn). Berkeley have this horn are come with total 6 set
of tuning pipe. that is most tuning slide you can get. and you can play
in any key you like.
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