English Horn -> Oboe

Originally Posted by EnigmusJ4

If his school could get an oboe d'amore, I'm sure they could just get the English horn in the first place.
The problem is dealing with what they already have on hand.

I know. Just my inner Marie Antoinette shining through.

=/

Oh well. I've been told to go with down a fifth, and then if it goes below the range, go up an octave for that note. God I wish our school had an English Horn. It looks like fun to play.

I can tell you that it is. After doing the full firebird ballet, the cuban overture by Gershwin, and the Ravel Piano Concerto in G, the EH is now my best friend

An English Horn will get you jobs. No foolin'.

Originally Posted by A Forgotten Legend

Oh well. I've been told to go with down a fifth, and then if it goes below the range, go up an octave for that note. God I wish our school had an English Horn. It looks like fun to play.

Wow, I wouldn't have expected that answer from a band director, it doesn't sound like a smart thing to do. I agree with Flint, it would be best suited for alto sax to play it. Soo.... you play some notes up and some notes down? That completely messes with the music, you technically aren't playing the right notes then. I would have to kill your band director.

*grabs torch, some pitch, and feathers*

Argh, let's git the blimey cur!

K so english horn solos are messed up when you transpose them for le hautbois unless they're very high, in which case you might be able to get away with it. I wouldn't dare. Your best bet is either alto sax, baritone (possibly), or french horn depending on what the director's looking for.

Shotguns anyone?
Honestly its impossible IMO to replace that awesome sound of the english horn with anything other than a member of the oboe family and even still it sounds so much better on the cor anglais. to be honest the concept of symphonic bands make me scream and having an english horn in one makes me even more confused and even more annoying when you have to REPLACE the sounds of an english horn.
worse comes to worse have the horns play it-everything sounds pretty on the french horn-best of luck.

ps. ADOLPHE SAX SHOULD BURN IN HELL FOR INVENTING THE SAXOPHONE!

...Lately though, I'm been just doing the normal transposing, then going up the octave. My music looks really weird now because I have the original thing, then up the octave, and then Clarinet, because my oboe wasn't working on day. O_O

Any, please don't kill my band director. ^^'

Oh no, you dint.

The saxophone is a very lovely, expressive, and agile classical instrument. If you are basing your opinion of the saxophone on jazz saxophonists, that's your fault for not realizing that.