My goodness! Who knew horn playing was so HARD! Glad to hear new podcasts, Kev. Thanks!

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I second that Puddleglum! Wow! You have to keep the overtone series in mind whenever you blow into the instrument. It's totally different than piano or guitar. I'm intrigued to learn more -- good stuff.

The music is a blessing and it's free. Oh! what a belssing and I enjoy the sounds of Third day. I will tell all of my family members and friends. Thank you and God bless you all.

There can never be enough of these musicology podcasts. Keep up the good work!!!

No one knows your out there. I work with 500 people and no one has heard of your website. I happened across it by mistake and I've told several about you. I work with a bunch of App. students they go to rhapsody. I don't know if your interested in a younger group or a older group but you've got me listening.

Interesting that the primary overtone can't be played as a note on the trumpet... Do you know if it is this way on all brass instruments?

Good question, Bryce... I will ask Gene himself, as I don't know the answer to that. Gene?

It's great that you are back!! Thanks!!

Hello Bryce,

The reason the fundamental is difficult to produce on a trumpet is entirely because of the mouthpiece. As trumpet playing evolved and style became more standardized (over hundreds of years) mouthpieces were shaped to meet these demands. If you put a trombone mouthpiece (which is much larger) on the trumpet (if you could get it to fit, which it traditionally doesn't) the fundamental would be quite easily produced. Likewise, if you take a piccolo trumpet mouthpiece and put it on the trumpet (which does often fit and is common these days for "lead players") the extreme high register would be far easier to produce, yet the 2nd or even 3rd partial becomes difficult, and the fundamental is impossible.

But to answer your question (finally) other brass instruments can more easily produce their fundamental, particularly the trombone and tuba. This will vary based on the mouthpiece a player chooses, but it just so happens that playing the fundamental is more "desirable" or common; partly because of the way music has evolved, but also because of the instrument itself: When a tuba plays its fundamental, it stands alone: there is no other instrument that can sound like that. Hope that answers your question and thanks for listening!

Love the whole Pandora website - will continue to tell my friends for sure!

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Am just a novice on this computer and possibly do
not know where to click or perhaps it is that I am
on slow dial up but I cannot get the music to play
but thanks any way. Pat C.

Re: Fundamentals - There is another issue. Even if you can play the fundamental on a trumpet, you wouldn't be able to play all the notes leading down to it. You can go from C down to the F# on the first partial, but the notes between that and the fundamental C don't "exist".

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Thanks, Martin -- as I don't play trumpet, this talk is educational to me as well. Happy to pick up some new knowledge.

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