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[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

Isn't brass more commonly used?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

"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 11 months ago

The piccolo flute is a horn?

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months 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 10 points 11 months ago
[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Trumpets are stored in the horns

[-] Malpraxion@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Davie504 calls all instruments basses

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago

A ukulele is just a soprano bass

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

Is it a tiny guitar?

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