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Old Aug 2 2008, 3:05 AM
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Too general question.

Depends on the following factors:

* range of the F. Hrn. Too low? Too high?
* what the other 4 instruments are doing. If you have a flute, switched to a picollo, at fff, then... well... go for fff and open bells etc...
* lines, melodic material. If they are playing different things, then same, if they are doubling, maybe lower, depends on the range.
* open or close. Usually (51%) the F. Hrn is playing with the hand inside the bell, which results in somewhat more tamed sound, so...
* a mute maybe? (not the most often met thing with a F. Hrn, as compaired to the rest of the brass)
* anything else you can think of about your own score and music

Sorry I can't be of any more help!
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