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[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Trumpeter here, I'd be insulted if I was called a horn. Might be regional, but that's not common here. If we're speaking about horns, it's only French horns

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago

Another trumpeter here. If it was a wind instrument that didn't have a reed it was called a horn.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't brass more commonly used?

"Brass" "woodwind" and "Percussion" were the clinical anatomy textbook words and "horn" "wind" and "drum" were the casual everyday words.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 2 weeks ago

The piccolo flute is a horn?

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Enh, in my experience "horn" refers to a French horn, but "horns" refers to all brass (separate from woodwinds, percussion, etc).

But yeah, if somebody referred to a horn, I'd assume they meant French horn.

[-] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago
[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Trumpets are stored in the horns

[-] Malpraxion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't look like that article says anything about trumpets to me. It does link to this article about horns, though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_(instrument)

That one says:

In horns, unlike some other brass instruments such as the trumpet, the bore gradually increases in width through most of its length—that is to say, it is conical rather than cylindrical.[1]

Which seems to specifically exclude trumpets from horns.

[-] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Most of these horn sections feature some combination of saxophones, trumpets and trombones.

Also the popular music section includes two photos with people playing trumpet and lists a bunch of horn sections, most of which contain trumpets.

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

In my experience its very common, just to give a counterpoint. "Bring in the horns" to denote a trumpet heavy section, or just referring to the brass section as "the horn section". 8dk might just be reguonal i guess but its colloquial.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

Can agree. Where I live horn only refers to Alto Horns. Trumpets are something different.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, yeah...you play the horn, you aren't a horn yourself. Horns don't even have thumbs.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely no offense intended... But you sound like an asshole

[-] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

How do you think a guitarist would feel if you called their instrument an ukulele?

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Davie504 calls all instruments basses

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

A ukulele is just a soprano bass

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Differently, because that's a poor analogy. Trumpets are horns, guitars are stringed instruments. Now, if they called their trumpet a kazoo, it'd be time to throw down.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is it a tiny guitar?

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