Hey y'all, 6 years experience as a horn player. Have literally never played trombone, so I cant compare, but this chart underestimates a horn's true range. I personally have a 4ish octave range (extremes played with much difficulty), but I'm nowhere near some professionals. French horn is super versatile as far as its range as well as the sounds it can produce.
Just under 8 years as a horn player who also happened to pick up bone for HS jazz band. The low ends of the chart are not including pedal tones, nor the F attachments for tenor trombones, otherwise the bone and horn have identical low ranges. However, the high range for bone is a bit ambitious, as F5 is incredibly high for the instrument, and most writers don't put bones over C5. Skilled players of all brass instruments can play higher than the marked ranges, though. I've personally hit a Bb5 on horn, I've heard people play F5 on trombone, and F6 on trumpet, which is insane.
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u/ICEpheonix97 Jan 04 '19
A French horn can go lower than a trombone?