Switching From Alto Sax To Mellophone

Hello!

I’ve been playing French Horn for close to four years now, and it is the hardest brass instrument to learn. If you’re going to take it up, you’re going to need to practice. It definitely takes some getting used to.

Considering you’ve been playing alto sax, it could be a bit harder, since the instruments are so different. Mellophone and French Horn have different fingerings as well, so if you’re playing both, you’d have to learn both. But, since you’ve played an instrument before, it’ll be a bit easier to learn than if you just started on the French Horn with no musical ability.

Best of luck!

Hi lifeoftheparty20!!!

Unfortunately, I’m not very musically-inclined.

However, this discussion board thread talks about mellophones:

http://www.8notes.com/f/51_187317.asp

The main page, http:/www.8notes.com, might be a good place to just browse.

Good luck!

The french horn is the hardest of the brass instruments. Even professional horn players miss or crack notes sometimes. French horn mouthpiece rims are very narrow to help flexibility but being so thin makes endurance more difficult than trumpets or trombones.

If you really dig the sound of horn than you might enjoy playing it. Another issue is jazz ensemble. Frnech horn isn’t in the standard jazz ensemble instrumentation. If you want to play in your school’s jazz ensemble alto sax is a better choice. If you have time to keep your chops up for both instruments than you could do that.

There are more scholarships for horn players than for saxes which is nice.