Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

[John Howell]

At 10:33 AM -0500 2/9/05, dhbailey wrote:
Could you please explain what aspects of physics are in my conscious 
thought while I'm playing the trumpet?

Physics is the science which defines and describes in precise detail 
the actions and interactions.  I don't concede that we're discussing 
physics when I tell my student "While holding the trumpet so the 
mouthpiece is centered on your lips, you blow with sufficient 
pressure to get your lips to vibrate."
Bernouli's law, actually, making the lips buzz like any other double 
(or single) reeds.  Same law that holds up both fixed-wing and 
rotary-wing aircraft.  The designer sure as heck needs to understand 
that aspect of physics, while the pilot just needs to know how to use 
it in practice and avoid stalling out.  Which is why the absolutist 
statements in this thread, especially as they relate to words that 
may mean one thing to one person and something else to someone else, 
are not helpful.  The only absolutist statement I accept is this one: 
It Depends!

John
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