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shrinkingclarine
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If I wanted to play french horn, but switch to mellophone for marching band, would it be hard? What are the differences embrochure/playing wise? Also vice versa-mellophone to french horn. Thanks.
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flutes-4ever
(183 points)
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I'm 90% sure that changing from a mellophine to french horn and vise versa,is not a change at all.A guy that plays mellophone 4 marching band and french horn 4 concert band said there is not much difference between a baritone,mellophone,and french horn.So ur all good 2 go!!!I 'm already done with marching band.Kinda i'm happy about it,but now I have nothing to do in the morning's and nothing to do friday nights 
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ekdavies
(190 points)
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There are some significant differences. Apart from beginners, most french horn players use a double horn (F & Bb) with 4 or 5 valves whereas "standard" mellophones have 3 valves. They can be pitched in Eb, F, G or Bb however, even the F mellophones are an octave higher than a french horn and the Eb mellophones are the same pitch as a Eb tenor horn.
To use a standard french horn mouthpiece you would need an adaptor because the bore is normally larger on a mellophone. In principle, you can develop an embouchure which can be used on most brass instruments but most teachers encourage students to specialise.
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laeta_puella
(343 points)
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Mellophones use trumpet fingerings, which are allegedly the same as baritone fingerings. But french horns use... gasp... french horn fingerings, so you'll end up needing to learn a new set for each. also there's the fact that you opperate the valves with the opposite hand.
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