a musical instrument? a wind instrument? a string instrument? a percussion instrument?
When you play a saxophone, or any reed instrument, the reed vibrates, causing pulsing of the air you are breathing into the instrument. That causes the air in the instrument to also vibrate. Resonance determines frequency and timbre.
It has to vibrate.
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the vibrations from your lips
None. The column of air inside the instrument vibrates. Compare this to a string instrument -- the string vibrates, of course. With the reed instrument, such as a clarinet or bassoon -- the reed vibrates. The vibrating reed causes the column of air inside the instrument to vibrate. However, the brass instruments do not have vibrating parts. What makes the column of air vibrate is the buzzing of the player's lips!
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the lips initially and this causes the air to vibrate throuht the instrument
Playing the instrument cause the strings to vibrate. This vibration is then transferred to the air, and vibrations in air is basically what makes up a sound.
Playing the instrument cause the strings to vibrate. This vibration is then transferred to the air, and vibrations in air is basically what makes up a sound.
When you play a saxophone, or any reed instrument, the reed vibrates, causing pulsing of the air you are breathing into the instrument. That causes the air in the instrument to also vibrate. Resonance determines frequency and timbre.
It has to vibrate.
aerophone
vibrate your lips on the mouth piece using the air that passed through them into the instrument
the vibrations from your lips
Sounds like that answer would be the Vocal Chords.