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French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by Virgin on 9/29/2025, 8:33 pm

I am a trumpet teacher that is going to start teaching private Horn lessons. What are some things that seem the same about both instruments that really are not.

Re: French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by Um... on 10/2/2025, 1:40 pm, in reply to "French Horn vs Trumpet"

MP placement.

Horn uses a taller vowel shape (back teeth farther apart).

Re: French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by Okay... on 9/30/2025, 12:02 pm, in reply to "French Horn vs Trumpet"

Mouthpiece placement.

For Horn, it is 2/3 upper lip, 1/3 lower....as opposed to 50/50.

Re: French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by conn88h on 9/30/2025, 9:23 am, in reply to "French Horn vs Trumpet"

Mouthpiece placement

Re: French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by Me on 9/30/2025, 9:21 am, in reply to "French Horn vs Trumpet"

Mouthpiece placement. I have always had issues with horn players who were taught "just like trumpet" when it should really be placed a little bit higher, and using the bottom line of the bottom lip as an anchor. Doesn't mean they can't be good players, but I have always had more successful students when the mouthpiece placement was raised.

Re: French Horn vs Trumpet

Posted by Trumpet Guy on 9/30/2025, 7:47 am, in reply to "French Horn vs Trumpet"

For me its how much the embouchure changes from note to note. Horn starts off with its partials very close together but the embouchure would be a low buzz for trumpet(Low C on horn being a low G on trumpet). But once I started to play horn more teaching it got easier because I knew how to describe what to do.

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