1 humans dont play trumpet from there noses
A dolphin would shove the trumpet up its cloaca (I think they have cloaca’s) because they’re horny monsters.
First of all, trumpet goes up the butt, it is tradition:
Second of all, we already have 2 at home:
Direct butt-to-butt warfare, no trumpets - just like it used to be back in the day.
Both.
Here’s a carp playing a Western concert flute:
Like this, according to some expert in this field:
They might play better with their butthole than these options.
gonna need a shit valve on that horn
I think number 2 would be more effective
played trumpet, the air helps but i dunno… no functional lip interfaces on either orifice… the blow hole still has the most promise.
Are you saying you know from experience??
Purely internet pseudo knowledge
Dolphins would probably prefer the saxophone
Teacher do dolphins have embouchres
3=1+2 self duet you ever think of that
1, because we do not play trumpet with our noses.
Speak for yourself
Dolphins aren’t mouth-breathers though.
Dammit I really wanted to well actually to brag about my friend’s nose whistle act. SHE IS SO COOL
Yep, Futurama would never fuck up the science
It’s only blowing, not playing as it can’t reach the keys/buttons/whatevertheyrecalleds
They are called valves and not pushing any valves is called “playing open”. It just produces the trumpet’s harmonic series over its fundamental frequency, kinda like a bugle. Most trumpets are Bb trumpets, so dolphins could theoretically play all notes in that series. That’s very hard and requires excellent lip control, of course.
Cool, so it would have to be 1 then?
No, needs to be 2. A dolphin’s windpipe is not connected to their mouth, so they couldn’t push air in 1.
So assuming the dolphin can keep it balanced, what’s the weight of a trumpet and the force of the air required to make a note?
So many questions that I wasn’t expecting today.
They weigh about 1kg. The force of air is harder to answer as it’s less about how hard you blow and more about how loose or tight your lips are around the mouthpiece. But since dolphins can blow water several meters into the air, I’d just assume they can produce more than enough force to make a note.
But enough force to lift the trumpet perhaps?
They could lean against a cliff or something when playing, no?
It would have to be 2. The blowhole is where the dolphin breathes out, and it has the muscles to adjust airflow for embouchure, but I don’t know if it can constrict and vibrate at the right frequencies to produce music.
A dolphin’s mouth doesn’t have any lip control, even if it could breathe out. Which I don’t think it can.
You can still play. Just only a few notes.
Whereas fish can play scales?
Do you play the trumpet with your nose?
Dolphins don’t have noses, and their tracheas are completely separated from their mouths.
Superior design.
As someone who regularly aspirates, I feel this.
Do dolphins get colds? How do they breathe when they have a plug of snot wedged in there?
Questions I’m not sure I want to know the answers to.
Oh I do! For us, having that bypass if our noses are plugged is extremely helpful. Do dolphins have those same problems?
