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Is it true the vuvuzela can only sound B-flat below middle C?
Isn't it possible to change the pitch through embouchure or other means, as was the case with natural trumpets of the Classical period?
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Vuvuzela is plastic version of a brass instrument. The fundamental tone is typically B-flat when they are molded in chinese factories. So you can get the overtone series on B-flat and a few other notes if you can lip your way to them or have good embouchure, but it's kinda like trying to play a trumpet without a mouthpiece.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
I think the beast may have a reed in it. That would make it pitch-specific.
... but then there is THIS
