The Brass Elevator: A Simple Secret to Better Range (Harmonic Series Explained)

[@firdausa.6077]

The whirly tube demo makes a lot of sense! Thanks for explaining this in your video 🎺

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

@firdausa.6077 if you are a flute player, yes. Brass is different as the lip posture chooses the harmonic played. The brass musician also has many more harmonics available to play vs a flute.

[@firdausa.6077]

@@BrassBro-Science-ys7sgI’m not a flute player thanks

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

@@firdausa.6077 nor am I .

[@trumpetwithpaul]

You’re welcome @firdausa.6077! Who doesn’t love a good whirly tube demo? ;-)

[@CanadianDivergent]

Hey Paul, I'd like to take some more lessons with you. You are the best teacher I've ever had a lesson with, on any instrument. The 7th note in the harmonic series is the Bb right?

[@Jago938]

Another great informative video, thank you.

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

I think misinformative.

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

The pitch has NOTHING to do with air "speed" over the tongue. That is simply an erroneous construct that you heard and repeated. The lip posture determines the harmonic played. Tongue movements alone will not change the pitch unless the cocurrent lip firmness of posture occurs. Tongue movements are helpful for controlling the embouchure posture naturally. But they have no direct influence on the pitch played by some mythical "air speed" concept. Raising the tongue DOES NOT increase the velocity of flow through the lip aperture. When whistling the pitch is related to the resonance frequency of the oral space. Not the air speed.

[@tonygodoy5968]

Does covering a portion of the end of a garden hose increase the velocity of the water?

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

@tonygodoy5968 sometimes. But that is not an equivalent or applicable example or analogy. Making the lip aperture smaller does not make the velocity through it greater. Neither does narrowing the flow path before the lip aperture increase the flow velocity through the lip aperture.

[@IndianOutlaw1870]

With all due respect, you sound like the "smartest guy in the room" type. Post your own content instead of criticizing everyone else's.

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

@@JjjHhhh-p5f im sure you do. Dont say what?

[@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg]

@@JjjHhhh-p5f don't say what?