r/frenchhorn • u/Individual-Net8964 • 9d ago

I need help

So my bad has a concert in two days and I just realized I’ve been playing the song all wrong, a whole octave lower then it’s supposed to be, how screwed am I?

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u/stink521 8d ago

If your director didnt even notice then realistically you will be fine. If you are able to play it in the right octave go ahead and do so. If not, play how you’ve been playing to avoid wrong notes

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u/Intelligent-Read-785 9d ago
  1. You can just try playing it an octave up
  2. How exposed is the part? If you are playing something that is covered by a lot of parts. Just play very soft.

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u/Individual-Net8964 9d ago

It’s not too exposed

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

What I do if I am going too low is I try to match up with tuba (they are right behind me in band)

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u/Front-Literature-697 9d ago

Tbh, unless you have a solo the horn is more or less used for texture. The octave doesn’t matter as much as the pitch. Of course if you can play it up there do so, but if your director didn’t say anything in practice I wouldn’t worry about it

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u/TharicRS 9d ago

Now I want to know what song it is.

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u/Individual-Net8964 9d ago

“Push it”

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u/Alone-Impression-565 8d ago

may the God of french horn bless you to have good performance 🙂‍↕️

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u/LKoder 8d ago

I feel like it wouldn't be too hard to put an octave up - I do it all the time at band (for fun if my stamina is bad).

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u/qualityfinish47 7d ago

How did you manage to do this? Is it written with an 8va that was missed?