tenor horn

tenor horn in American English noun. a musical brass wind instrument with valves; the tenor member of the cornet family.

tenor horn, also called Althorn, orAlto Horn, brass wind instrument derived from the cornet and the valved bugle, or flügelhorn. A saxhorn of tenor range and a tenor bugle are also sometimes called tenor horns. Category: Arts & Culture.

The horn is a brass instrument whose soft resonant timbre allows it to harmonize well with both brass and woodwind instruments. One of the unique aspects of this instrument is that the player keeps a hand in the bell while playing.

Eb Tenor horn and alto horn are different names for the same instrument. It is a brass instrument that plays in the alto range, similar to a horn, but is pitched in the key of Eb.

: the highest natural adult male singing voice. also : a person having this voice.

tenor noun (MUSIC) Add to word list Add to word list. [ C ] a male singer with a high voice, or (especially in combinations) a musical instrument that has the same range of notes as the tenor singing voice: a tenor saxophone. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

As a shorter instrument with piston valves the tenor horn has more clarity of mid-range technique than the French horn. Also, other than the mouthpiece size adjustment, tenor horn is an easy instrument to learn for a trumpet or Euphonium player.

Synonymous with Brass Bands, tenor horns are pitched in Eb and have a conical bore. Tenor horns are usually only found within brass bands and look very similar to a baritone hone, albeit slightly smaller. All tenor horns are similar in structure with tubing following a similar pattern.

A longhorn was a type of Faerûnian flute that was commonly found in civilized regions, or in elven communities.

Animal uses of horns Animals have a variety of uses for horns and antlers, including defending themselves from predators and fighting members of their own species (horn fighting) for territory, dominance or mating priority. Horns are usually present only in males but in some species, females too may possess horns.

The word Tenor comes from the latin tenere, which means "to hold". In medieval polyphonic music, it was the voice that would sustain the fundamental line of the song, the cantus firmus. By the sixteenth century, the “tenor” would be any voice carrying the cantus firmus.

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is one of the highest of the male voice types. The tessitura of the tenor voice lies above the baritone voice and below the countertenor voice. The leggero tenor has the highest tessitura of all the tenor subtypes.