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The English Horn plays exactly like the oboe, except its slightly longer, has a slightly larger reed, has a bocal, and normally lacks a low Bb key.
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www.8notes.com/F/27_192682.asp
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Metal keys are used to help cover the holes in the body of the instrument, making fingering easier. Most modern woodwinds have settled on a standard key and fingering system, ... Two instruments closely related to the oboe are the oboe d'amore, and the cor anglais, or English horn. Both are double-reeds, but both have the...
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The oboe was made of three sections with six keys and hole. Developments in the 18th century included making different sizes. One such model was the oboe di caccia. This is the ancestor of the English horn. ... More key mechanisms were developed in the 19th century. Nine keys were used by 1825 with the fingering similar to...
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www.mathcs.duq.edu/~iben/oboeng.htm
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The English horn is an alto oboe. It is bigger than the oboe and sounds five notes lower. The English horn is played mainly in orchestras. Many oboists double on the English horn. ... Under each key is a pad that seals the tone hole when the key closes. If pads stick, they are dirty. To clean the pads, place a clean cloth...
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www.hypermusic.ca/inst/oboe.html
www.hypermusic.ca/inst/oboe.html
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The instrument is the Cor Anglais, which of course means English Horn. It is not a horn; it is a larger oboe that plays in the woodwind section, and it was developed by the French in the mid-eighteenth century. Note the bulbous form at the lower end of the instrument.
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www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gbrowne/geoff7.htm
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The Origin of the name "English Horn". ... Mid-eighteenth century saw the development of the Hunting Oboe, or Oboe da Caccia, into a more refined instrument, the Cor Anglais or English Horn. The Oboe da Caccia was a single wooden pipe with a double reed and a flared metal bell.
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www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gbrowne/geoff9.htm
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www.neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english
www.neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english
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It is a transposing instrument in the key of F, sounding a fifth lower than the written notes.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_key_does_an_English_Horn...
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Cor anglais (English horn) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The cor anglais , or English horn , is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe (a C inst...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais_(English_horn)
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