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Originally Posted by rowuk  The mouthpiece trick has nothing to do with the playing experience unless we buzz into both sides.................... It is the wrong visualization.
We need to get the "DC" (direct current) component (simply blowing air) back to its minimal role. The buzzed (AC or alternating current) component is what counts when we are making music. Like I said, the "airflow" part is only tuned to let us breathe at regular intervals. A super efficient mpc/horn COULD use so little air, that we essentially suffocate! An inefficient "free blowing" horn/mpc could pass air so quickly that we can't phrase more than a couple bars. Good designers come up with a functional comprimise. |
Don't shoot the pianoplayer. I am the responsible inventor (and exclusive owner) of "the world famous mouthpiece trick"!
I need a few points claryfied:
Proven fact: Air goes through the instrument. Inputvolume = Outputvolume
If the air inside the instrument is AC, does it move/flow a different way than if it was DC?
Why/how?
What kind of influence has the "standing waves" to the air?
Will the air "melt" and become softer/lubricated with the "standing waves" added, so it can pass through narrower points without increase of resistance?
Why are people discussing different leadpipes, round tuning slides, reverse tuning slides, valvesections when they are talking about "freer blow" aka less resistance?
Why do Taylor's Vulcan flugels and trumpets work?
"Standing waves" might also be a wrong visualization? The consept might come from how the frequencies occurs on the screen of the measuring device? I
guess that the waves goes in a 360 degrees circle, but may be I don't have a clue at all....
But, I am very curious