Cor anglais

The cor anglais (UK: /ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡl/US: /ˌkɔːr ɑːŋˈɡl/[1][2] or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ];[3] pluralcors anglais) or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe.

Cor anglais or English horn
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Woodwind instrument
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification 422.112-71
(Double reed aerophone withkeys)
Developed about 1720 from the oboe da caccia
Playing range

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Written pitch, notated in F, sounds a perfect fifth lower

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Sounding pitch
Related instruments

The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than theoboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the cor anglais is written a perfect fifth higher than the instrument actually sounds. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe and oboists typically double on the cor anglais when required. The cor anglais normally lacks the lowest B key found on most oboes and so its sounding range stretches from E3 (written B) belowmiddle C to C6 two octaves above middle C.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais

Cor anglais was last modified: December 31st, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

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