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Open Tone Holes On Bassoon - Trumpet 1/4Tones With Embouchure


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I looked, but having trouble finding what are the open tone holes on the bassoon?

 

Can the trumpeter produce 1/4t sharp/flat with just his/her embouchure?  Or could he play and adjust the fine tuners in mid breath?  Do all trumpets have the fine tuners, or just Eb?

 

 

Also, regarding harp pedals:  when a pedal is pressed, or likewise depressed - how fast/slow is this, and is it controllable? 

 

Example:  when playing a sustained note, and you wish to bend the pitch with the pedal, how slowly could this be done?

 

Thanks =)

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I don't play any of those instruments but I'll tell you what I think,

 

You can see here a few notes are not mechanical keys but holes you open/close with your finger, so I guess if you start half closing it you'll get a little gliss down, but I don't know what notes those holes are.

 

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Harp pedals can work fast just don't forget harpist have only 2 feet :D

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All trumpets have the tuning slide but you don't wanna move it while playing, you can move the slides in the -1 tone valve and -1 1/2 tune valve which are the "first valve tube" and "third valve tube" in this picture:

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not all notes can be played using one of these valves, for instance B natural would pressing the middle piston decreasing pitch in half a tone only, maybe real trumpetist know tricks for this but I don't see any other way to play a B natural than blowing C and pressing -1/2 valve (Trumpet players please help here)

 

Some players I'm sure can do little glisses with embouchure, but it might not work in the entire range.

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Trumpet players can bend notes to quarter tones yes. The further up in the harmonic series they are, the harder it gets. Pressing a valve down half way allows an easier bending, but the sound produced is similar to a buzzing sound. It isn't open.

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