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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