french horn

English - Turkish

Definition of french horn in English Turkish dictionary

(Muzik) fransız kornosu

Fransız kornosu çalıyorum. - I play the French horn.

Tom Fransız kornosunu Mary kadar iyi çalamayacağını söylüyor. - Tom knows he'll never be able to play the French horn as well as Mary.

korno

Tom Fransız kornosunu çalmayı öğrenmeyi denemek için çok zaman harcadı. - Tom spent a lot of time trying to learn how to play the French horn.

Tom Fransız kornosunu Mary kadar iyi çalamayacağını söylüyor. - Tom knows he'll never be able to play the French horn as well as Mary.

daire şeklinde çalgı borusu

müz. korno, Fransız kornosu

English - English

Definition of french horn in English English dictionary

The American name for a coiled brass musical instrument derived from the French hunting horn, having rotary valves

brass wind instrument lower than a trumpet and higher than a tuba

A French horn is a musical instrument of the brass family. It is shaped like a long metal tube with one wide end, wound round in a circle. You play the French horn by blowing into it and moving valves in order to obtain different notes. = horn. A valved brass wind instrument that produces a mellow tone from a long narrow tube that is coiled in a circle before ending in a flaring bell. a musical instrument made of brass, that is curved round into a circle with a wide opening at one end. Orchestral and military brass instrument, a valved circular horn with a wide bell. It is normally a transposing instrument (its music written in a different tone than its actual sound) in F. It has a wide bore and three (sometimes four) rotary valves; its conical mouthpiece produces a mellower tone than the cup-shaped mouthpieces of other brass instruments. Horns long relied on separable crooks circular lengths of tubing that could be attached and removed rapidly for music modulating to new keys. Since 1900 the standard horn has been a "double" instrument, with built-in crooks in F and B-flat that can be selected rapidly by means of a thumb valve. The modern symphony orchestra usually includes four horns. Though difficult to play and prone to producing conspicuous errors, its tone is widely admired

a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

Related Terms

French horns

plural form of French horn

Hyphenation

French horn

Turkish pronunciation

frenç hôrn

Synonyms

viennese horn

Pronunciation

/ˈfrenʧ ˈhôrn/ /ˈfrɛnʧ ˈhɔːrn/

Etymology

[ 'french ] (transitive verb.) 1941. From French + horn.