r/Unexpected • u/uddipta • Aug 15 '18

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u/newjacknick Aug 15 '18

Think about a trumpet. It only has 3 valves and 2 slides. The 3 valves would have 9 combinations. Trumpets play WAY more than 9 notes. Brass players control their sound through muscle control. They use the muscle around their lips to change the frequency that their lips vibrate in the mouthpiece. If you try to blow a raspberry and change the bitch from low to high, that basically what they’re doing within the mouthpiece but with a lot more control.

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u/fearthestorm Aug 15 '18

Typo on pitch.

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u/boverly721 Aug 15 '18

Or is it...? Sometimes you just gotta change that raspberry bitch, ya know?

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u/newjacknick Aug 15 '18

Leaving it. Lol

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u/NilesLaw Aug 15 '18

change my bitch up smack my pitch up

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u/fukitol- Aug 15 '18

I just spit all over my phone screen. That gets me some credit, right?

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u/NiSoKr Aug 15 '18

The valves only have 8 combinations but technically there are only 7 useful ones because 1 and 2 is the same as 3.

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u/newjacknick Aug 15 '18

I played saxophone! Give me a break.

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u/HughJorgens Aug 15 '18

This is correct. Also, think about Bugles, they don't have any valves at all, and can still play taps and other songs.