I really enjoyed the 6D I played in high school. Who knows, maybe with a new horn and new motivation I would get more seriously about playing professionally, but for now it's just a love of music and the instrument.Īs I can see that this is quickly turning into a boring wall of text, I'll try to cut to the chase here. My plans for the future are to continue with school, and hopefully continue playing in the college, community, etc bands. I don't know if these things change which horn I should use, but again, trying to be thorough. One compliment I've received often is that I can really add "color" to my tone when the piece calls for it. My play style is very dark, my low end is decent (better than most I've played with) and my high end is also strong up until C. It's served me well enough for years, but if this, or a new recommended mouthpiece affects horn choice, I figured it would just be safe to mention what I currently use. I can't complain about my mouthpiece however since I don't have an amazing piece to compare it to and be disappointed about. They had a demo at my high school, and it's the one they fitted me with, and me being someone who knew, and still hardly knows, anything about mouthpiece models and such just nodded, and accepted. After ditching my Blessing 11 in 9th grade, I bought my own Marcinkiewicz 11S. My mouthpiece is definitely not something to get excited about. We could turn this thread into a discussion on why I'm wrong to keep using my embouchure but honestly at this point I'm happy with it, and so I present you with the fact that I use it in case it affects some purchase choices. I was self taught for the most part, but still managed to play 1st horn for most of my Horn "career," including in college where I was section leader and principal horn for 3 out of 4 years. Yes, I've heard plenty of bad things about it already, but I never had the luxury of private lessons, as much as I would have loved to have them, during school. Now then, things you may want to know about my playing style: Never have used a removable bell, and I'm not sure I'd want one since it just looks like it would compromise tone. I've always just been given a horn to use and graciously accepted.
Obviously I want a double, but I'm not familiar with the different styles of double horns (descant, compensating etc). Again, if it has one, it isn't going to kill me. Having the little spit valve is not something I want, I'm fine with emptying slides. This however is not a necessary thing, just something I like.
#Conn 8d elkhart l series plus#
Not having to worry about breaking/losing strings etc is a great plus for me. I really liked the Conn 6D I played in high school, and it had machine valves.
#Conn 8d elkhart l series professional#
Obviously I've never played a professional series horn, and I'm sure the high end yellow brass can sound just as dark, but in my experience, it's got to be nickel. Yellow brass is not my taste in sound as far as the horns I have played go. Nickel, or a metal providing a similar dark tone. I've played a few different horns throughout my time, ranging from newer Yamaha's and Conn's, to Holton's older than I am. And so, I have decided to buy my very own first French Horn. This is absolutely a problem since I don't want to even think about a life without playing music. I no longer have a school owned horn to call my own. I've gone all around the states, South Korea, and Italy playing the Horn.Īlas, my time in college has (for now) come to an end. I've also had the good fortune of being able to travel around to world for the bands and orchestras I play in. I've had the luck of always having an instrument available to me for use as I've played throughout grade, middle, high school, and college.
I've been playing the Horn for about 16 years now, ever since I was in the 4th grade. I've been a browser of this site for a while, but finally I have a question of my own, so here I am freshly registered and everything! First of all I'd like to thank everyone who takes the time to post and answer questions, give advice, and generally be helpful on these forums.