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

On 3/28/2021 10:59 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> Before valves, trumpeters produced the "inbetween" notes with
> their lips.

Nope.

On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 11:12:03 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> On 3/28/2021 10:59 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > Before valves, trumpeters produced the "inbetween" notes with
> > their lips.
> Nope.

Yep.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_trumpet>

It was extremely difficult.

Hence the cornetto, whose sound was not as brilliant,
since it was made of wood:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornett>

My first husband was an early music nerd and had a cornetto
and a sackbut:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackbut>

He made his sackbut at an instrument-making workshop
(through, IIRC, the Indiana University).

Cindy Hamilton

On 3/28/2021 11:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 11:12:03 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> On 3/28/2021 10:59 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> Before valves, trumpeters produced the "inbetween" notes with
>>> their lips.
>> Nope.
>
> Yep.
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_trumpet>
>
> It was extremely difficult.
>
> Hence the cornetto, whose sound was not as brilliant,
> since it was made of wood:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornett>
>
> My first husband was an early music nerd and had a cornetto
> and a sackbut:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackbut>
>
> He made his sackbut at an instrument-making workshop
> (through, IIRC, the Indiana University).

Interesting info.