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Yes, I have been playing the trumpet for a few years. I find that the higher notes require as much air pressure from the lungs as the lower notes; the only difference is in the embouchure.

I've always heard that when atoms make ions or create chemical blonde, thru try to make their electron configurations the same as that of a noble thereby filling their electron shells and making them stable. Why then, are noble gas election configurations considered stable?

I have a few questions about the physics of the trumpet. 1) How does the tension on the embouchure change the resonance frequency of the horn? I understand that the trumpet tone is created by a standing wave created by the horn. Specifically, when a sound is initiated, the acoustical...