On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 10:27:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> On 3/27/2021 2:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-03-27 12:07 p.m., Gary wrote:
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
> >> >Then there are the brass
> >>> instruments where you use your lips and blowing the three basic notes
> >>> and having to press combinations of valves.
> >>
> >> LOL. The three basic notes of a brass instrument? Which ones are they?
> >> I played cornet for many years and in high school bands. I can read
> >> and play sheet music with that but not with piano that I also know
> >> somewhat.
> >
> > I could be wrong, but I thought they were designed to be like a bugle
> > and play the 1st the 3rd and the 5th notes, like a bugle, and then use
> > the valves for the in between notes. I am not going to bet on it.
> You are correct, Dave. The cornet (or trumpet) plays just like a bugle
> without pushing the valves. The 3 valves give you all the inbetween notes.

Before valves, trumpeters produced the "inbetween" notes with
their lips.

Cindy Hamilton