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The mellophone is sometimes referred to as a French horn, but is not considered a French horn because it looks like a trumpet. Confused? No need to be.
It is built like the trumpet and has its identical fingering and that’s the reason for the comparison, but many players insist that it really is a marching French horn.
It is commonly used in marching bands or drum corps, and has pride of place in the ensemble’s sound. Mellophones are bell-front brass instruments with 3 right hand operated valves.
The fact that the bell fac
es forward, means the sound is projected in the direction the player is facing. This is one of its distinguishing features, as the bell of the regular French horn faces backward.
Mellophones are normally pitched in the key of F or G, but can also be found in the keys of E flat, D and C, however, the instruments in the key of F are most popular....