Daughter wants to play horn now

JetJaguar · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 6:50 pm Post subject: Daughter wants to play horn now

I've been teaching my daughters trumpet for a year or so, and now the older one is going into school band next year and says she wants to play french horn. I'm struggling with how to process this.

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JetJaguar · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:19 pm Post subject:

So I said to her, do you know who the famous french horn players are?

No, she said.

I don't either, I said.

to be continued
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The Coady Strengthening Exercises: http://coady.coolwarm.com

doitallman · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:53 pm Post subject:

Less counting and more playing .....in orchestras at least.
Less stuff to carry. More repertoire.
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cheiden · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:44 pm Post subject:

Horn is awesome. If you don't live for the white-knuckle rush that is trumpet, horn is great way to go. Good ones can be hard to find and valuable.
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Geodude · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 3:58 am Post subject:

I'm betting most school band directors would tell you that trumpet players are a dime a dozen and they would kill for more horn players. If she sticks with it, that could be a better shot at scholarship money down the road.

My guess is she will be happier and more successful playing the instrument she wants to play rather than the one mom or dad wants her to play. Just like in marriage, it is prudent to pick your battles in child rearing - this is an easy one to skip.

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Croquethed · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 5:37 am Post subject:

Rent her a horn. Then she'll know how to play two instruments at an early age.

And the scholarship thing is a nice perk...unless you're so far out from college that any number of diversions might end that pursuit.

fff · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:01 am Post subject:

Your daughter will be in much higher demand as a french horn player than as a trumpet Player. Plus you gain an additional color for your family ensemble

JetJaguar · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:16 am Post subject:

Thanks, and I concur with all of these sentiments. I really just wanted to use that picture of the despondent cat. Plus, I can reclaim the '55 Special she's been playing! I like it better than my Courtois. But really, she'd still play trumpet a bit at home, and my other daughter wants to stay with trumpet, at least for now.
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starkadder · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 542

Children are an endless source of disappointment.

AJCarter · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:46 am Post subject:

at least it isn't a woodwind or worse: the drums or trombone!
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Geodude · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:05 am Post subject:

No, the real disappointment comes when she tells you she wants to date a drummer.

ohnecael · Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 5:50 am Post subject:

John Mohan · Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 9:31 am Post subject:

Grits Burgh · Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 9:58 am Post subject:

Best thread in weeks, disappointment notwithstanding.

In my humble opinion, the ideal family should have a trumpet player, a pianist, a bass player and one other solo instrument to spell the trumpet player, though any other solo instrument is nothing more than a drone, a cotton swab to cleanse the aural palate in anticipation of the next trumpet solo.

Warm regards,
Grits
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bear30101 · Regular Member Joined: 05 Sep 2015 Posts: 89 Location: Ga.

It will pass... probably just a schoolgirl crush on Marty Feldman.
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cheiden · Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 11:52 am Post subject:

Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187

My dad was a horn player, came out of Eastman after WWII and taught brass and theory in a college. He played in faculty groups and the local community orchestra. He had started on trumpet as a kid and continued, supplementing his income playing dance gigs, dixieland gigs and shows on trumpet. So, she can do both. Play horn in band and orchestra and trumpet in the stage band.

BTW, I studied horn for a while in college and the pedal work caused my trumpet range to improve quite a lot.

Harryw413 · New Member Joined: 05 Jun 2018 Posts: 8

^ Agreed

dfisher530 · Regular Member Joined: 10 Jul 2018 Posts: 13

She'll also have to learn how to finger left handed on the French horn.
Something to think about.