MODERATELY CONFUSED REALITY CHECK

GARFIELD ROSE IS ROSE

REX MORGAN

THE BORN LOSER

FRANK & ERNEST MUTTS

THE GRIZZWELLS RHYMES WITH ORANGE

BEETLE BAILEY HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Can you find the hidden words? Search carefully because some words are backward or diagonal.GERMANY NATURALCROOKSFRENCHCOILEDVALVE

BRASSPITCHMUSICTONEHORNWIND

BUZZTUBEPLAYBOBLIPSKEY

Can you spot all six differences between these two scenes?

housands of years ago, humans began using the hollowed-out horns of animals to create sound. Animal horns were later replaced with coiled tubes of metal. Eventually, the horn evolved into the French horn, or horn, a musical instrument known around the world for its soothing and mellow sound.

This edition of Shortcuts is sponsored by Niall Horn.

The double horn is the most common horn found in professional orchestras. It combines two horns of different keys into a single instrument. The F horn side produces deep, warm tones, while the B-flat side produces higher and brighter tones.

The large flared opening of the horn is called the “bell.” Players can alter the tone by positioning their hand inside the bell using a technique called “hand stopping.”Valves were added to the horn in the 1800s. Valves allowed the player to produce a much wider range of tones.

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Horn players produce sound by buzzing their lips into a

cup-shaped mouthpiece.

The horn has the widest tonal range of any brass instrument.

A horn without valves is known as a “natural” horn.

What do you get when

you play a horn in a minivan?

Cartoons.

Why did the horn attachment get arrested?

It was a crook.

What kind of horn shouldn’t you blow into?

A horn-et.

Why did the horn

get locked out of the house?

It changed its key.

It is unclear where the name “French

horn” came from. Modern versions are based on German designs, and the International Horn Society has

recommended since 1971 that they should simply be

called “horns.”

If you uncoiled a horn, it would measure about 4 m (13 ft.)

in length.

The horn is often called one of the most difficult instruments

to play.

As early as the 1500s, the horn was used by hunters and soldiers as

a means of communication.

In the 1700s, interchangeable tubes,

called “crooks,” were added to horns. Players would replace one crook with another of a different length, resulting in

an overall change of pitch for the entire

instrument.

This cartoon

is tooting its own horn.

Music flows through me in one

direction.

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issing. 2. Mouthpiece

is missing. 3. Eyes are different. 4. Eyebrows are

missing. 5. Bell is sm

aller. 6. Note is missing.

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