valve loop is engaged, but when the valve is pressed the loop is cut out, raising the pitch by a whole tone.

History

As the name indicates, humans originally used to blow on the actual horns of animals before starting to emulate naturally occurring horns with metal ones. The use of animal horns survives with the shofar, a ram's horn, which plays an important role in Jewish religious rituals.

Early metal horns were

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