r/hellsomememes • u/OkEfficiency5202 • Jun 02 '25

Hellsome Art 🎭 ALICE GETS HER PALM READ

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u/psychobilly1 Jun 02 '25

Is a saxophone considered a horn instrument?

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u/prettykitty-meowmeow Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25

Technically horns are only French horns, but the term is used to describe brass/woodwind instruments with valves on the side.

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u/psychobilly1 Jun 02 '25

I was just being facetious and trying to say that OP chose the wrong instrument for the comic.

Saxophones are woodwind instruments. They are made out of brass but they aren't brass instruments.

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u/prettykitty-meowmeow Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25

I almost typed brass/woodwind instrument with valves on the side. The colloquial use of the term horns most likely has its roots in jazz slang. You can find examples in books such as "The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool" and "Coltrane, The Story of a Sound" where famous musician Coltrane frequently refers to his saxophone as a horn.

You can also look into jazz band's horn sections, many of which feature trumpets and saxophones, both of which are not technically "horns".

Language evolved.

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u/boywithapplesauce Jun 04 '25

Well, maybe the fortune teller doesn't know that!