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This page discusses the Kite trumpet, Kite flugelhorn, Kite french horn, Kite tuba, etc., al of which use skip-valves that omit every other step of 41-edo.

This page discusses the Kite trumpet, Kite flugelhorn, Kite french horn, Kite tuba, etc., all of which use skip-valves that omit every other step of 41-edo.

A simple horn without any valves or slides is only capable of playing the harmonic series. A conventional brass instrument (with the exception of the trombone, which is naturally microtonal) has valves that lengthen the tubing and lower the pitch by small amounts, typically a minor 2nd, a major 2nd and a minor 3rd. By selecting the proper combination of valves, the player can fill the gap between the various harmonics and play a complete 12-edo scale. The intervals don't add up precisely because they add a fixed length rather than multiply the length by a fixed ratio. The player must compensate for this.

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	This page discusses the Kite trumpet, Kite flugelhorn, Kite french horn, Kite tuba, etc., al of which use skip-valves that omit every other step of 41-edo.		This page discusses the Kite trumpet, Kite flugelhorn, Kite french horn, Kite tuba, etc., all of which use skip-valves that omit every other step of 41-edo.

	A simple horn without any valves or slides is only capable of playing the harmonic series. A conventional brass instrument (with the exception of the trombone, which is naturally microtonal) has valves that lengthen the tubing and lower the pitch by small amounts, typically a minor 2nd, a major 2nd and a minor 3rd. By selecting the proper combination of valves, the player can fill the gap between the various harmonics and play a complete 12-edo scale. The intervals don't add up precisely because they add a fixed length rather than multiply the length by a fixed ratio. The player must compensate for this.		A simple horn without any valves or slides is only capable of playing the harmonic series. A conventional brass instrument (with the exception of the trombone, which is naturally microtonal) has valves that lengthen the tubing and lower the pitch by small amounts, typically a minor 2nd, a major 2nd and a minor 3rd. By selecting the proper combination of valves, the player can fill the gap between the various harmonics and play a complete 12-edo scale. The intervals don't add up precisely because they add a fixed length rather than multiply the length by a fixed ratio. The player must compensate for this.