English Horn

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Usage (cont.)

You can hear that the oboe has a thinner sound than the English horn. For melodies in the octave starting around Middle C, the English horn will provide a richer tone.

Besides performing beautiful melodies, the English horn can be menacing as well. In this next example, the English horn almost appears to be sounding a warning:

Notice that the English horn is playing several notes below the oboe's range.