1, because we do not play trumpet with our noses.
Dammit I really wanted to well actually to brag about my friend’s nose whistle act. SHE IS SO COOL
Speak for yourself
Dolphins aren’t mouth-breathers though.
They seem to move their mouths to speak. That implies they are mouth breathers
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?
This comment with this username chef’s kiss
Wouldn’t Figure 2 be like a person playing the trumpet with their nose? I’m not saying it’s not possible, but…
If I’m not mistaken, dolphins can’t physically breathe through their mouth. Like, their mouth doesn’t have a tube that connects to their lungs. So figure 2 is the only way it could work.
Can confirm
Just researched this and apparently there has been at least one recorded case of a dolphin mouth-breathing. It likely only occurs when there’s something seriously wrong with the blowhole, but it can be done!
now i need to see a diagram/x-ray of how it’s laid out
username checks… eww omg
Oh, I didn’t know that!
Jip their blow hole is just their nostrils that moved up to the top of their head over generations.
First of all, trumpet goes up the butt, it is tradition:
Second of all, we already have 2 at home:
You are and extremely talented painter in the year 1384, a skill that is extremely expensive and difficult to cultivate. How will you be remembered? Butt blast? Butt blasts!!!
Well, a talented painter after 1600, but butt blasts indeed.
… he gassen. Idk 🤷♂️ what’s going in 5he world
Haha how did I never notice that before?? Maybe because the pronunciations are different I guess–the “he” part (pronounced hey) is the fart and the gassen (gahss-en) is like a battle or fight.
Idk all I do know is that’s a crazy coincidence. This is feudal Japan no way his parents knew. The fart man COMETH.
Direct butt-to-butt warfare, no trumpets - just like it used to be back in the day.
Back and forth, forever
Here’s a carp playing a Western concert flute:
Do you play the trumpet with your nose?
Dolphins don’t have noses, and their tracheas are completely separated from their mouths.
Superior design.
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?
As someone who regularly aspirates, I feel this.
1 humans dont play trumpet from there noses
I shoot music out my blowhole.
No
1, because 2 sounds& looks like this.
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
Figure 2. Because its silly and I refuse to need a more elaborate reason in a shitposting sub.
Neither
Brass instruments require the buzzing of lips in addition to the air in order to work. Since most of the dolphin’s air comes out the blowhole, but that has no mechanism to vibrate like lips it’s impossible.
They might play better with their butthole than these options.
gonna need a shit valve on that horn
