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Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are called valves and not pushing any valves is called “playing open”. It just produces the trumpet’s harmonic series over its fundamental frequency, kinda like a bugle. Most trumpets are Bb trumpets, so dolphins could theoretically play all notes in that series. That’s very hard and requires excellent lip control, of course.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cool, so it would have to be 1 then?

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    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, needs to be 2. A dolphin’s windpipe is not connected to their mouth, so they couldn’t push air in 1.

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      • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So assuming the dolphin can keep it balanced, what’s the weight of a trumpet and the force of the air required to make a note?

        So many questions that I wasn’t expecting today.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It would have to be 2. The blowhole is where the dolphin breathes out, and it has the muscles to adjust airflow for embouchure, but I don’t know if it can constrict and vibrate at the right frequencies to produce music.

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can still play. Just only a few notes.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Whereas fish can play scales?

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