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The Tenor horn (British English; Altian horn in American English, Alth-horn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E ♭ horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E ♭.
The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family.
This is an E♭ tuba five tones lower than a trumpet and is sometimes played by trumpeters or horn players. Called the alto horn in Japan and the U.S., it is referred to as the tenor horn in the U.K.
- Differences in Construction and Sound Production. While woodwinds can be made of different materials — not just wood, as the name implies, but metals such as silver or gold — most brass instruments are made of brass tubing of various diameters and shapes, with a detachable mouthpiece at one end and a flared bell at the other.
- Trumpet, Cornet and Flugelhorn. The trumpet has come a long way from its ancient ancestors made of sea shells, animal horns and pieces of ivory — even human bones.
- Trombone. The first known use of the trombone, originally called a “sackbut,” was in 15th-century religious music. By the 18th century, their popularity had grown, and they became common in classical and popular music as well.
- Tuba, Sousaphone, Euphonium, Baritone Horn and Alto (Tenor) Horn. Invented in 1835, the tuba (named after the Latin word for “tube”) is a relative newcomer to the world of brass instruments.
The deeper-pitched saxhorns remain regular brass band instruments in France, Great Britain, and the United States, where they are not known as saxhorns but simply as alto in E♭ (in Britain, tenor horn), tenor in B♭ (baritone), the wider-bore baritone in B♭ (euphonium), and bass in E♭ and contrabass in BB♭ (sometimes called tubas).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The tenor horn (British English; alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E ♭ horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E ♭.
TENOR SAXOPHONE. The tenor saxophone is slightly larger and deeper sounding than the alto; however, like the alto, it has become a prevalent instrument across a wide variety of popular musical genres. It features a deep, rich tonality that can easily fill a room while simultaneously projecting through a dense band mix.
