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| Triple Horn |
As some may know, I play the French Horn in the high school band, and I thought playing what they call a "double horn" was the best you could do. I started out on trumpet in 4th-5th grade, then switched to the single horn in 6th, then double in 7th-present. At that point, I thought that was as far as it went, but then, I recently found that there are actually two other types that I and my band instructor had never even heard of: the Double Descant Horn and the Triple Horn.
To start with, the difference with the single and double horn is that in the double, there is a "trigger" or thumb key to press, where in the single, it is just a finger rest. In the third horn, it is the same, but the instrument can play a greater range of notes with more ease (as is the same with single to double). I've decided that owning and mastering one of these triple horns would be my next goal for becoming a better musician in general (along with my long-term goal of going to college for music.)
