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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1taneously, although the valves create a tendency toward a mechanical tone. The horn is of brass, and the tube, which varies in length from nine to twelve feet, according to the key, is coiled several times. It is a conical tube, gradually enlarging to the bell, and is played with a conical mouthpiece in the shape of which the horn differs from the other brass instruments.
3In producing some of the higher harmonics the player increases the pressure of his lips against the mouthpiece, causing him to quickly tire when playing a passage in a high key. This naturally limits the compass in some keys. Some of the tones are not absolutely true, but any deficiency can be made right by inserting the hand in the bell of the horn and producing stopped tones, the quality of which adds to the pleasing effect of the horn. The chromatic horn, or that furnished with valves, has a compass of three octaves and six notes. The performer must be a musician, for he cannot successfully produce any tone unless he first has a mental impression of it. Composers use the horn in heroic or savage passages, and its tone can be made to depict poetic rusticity.
5FURIN — Sonorous Substances. Japan. A bell with a broad, flat clapper, which extends below and resists the wind. Streamers are sometimes tied to the clapper. Furins were usually suspended from the eaves at the four corners of a temple.
7FURI-TSUZUMI — Vibrating Membranes. Japan. An instrument carried by the leader in processions. Two cylinders with heads of skin are placed one above the other, and a handle passes through them. Several small bells are suspended from the sides of the cylinders, and when the handle is twirled between the palms of the hands the bells strike against the heads of skin.
9GALOUBET — Vertical Flute. France. This instrument is used with the tabor. It is held in the left hand, while the right hand beats an accompaniment upon the tabor. It has a cylindrical bore. A set or family consists
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