What does "resonant" mean ?

[Donn]

Que?

Sí, es por esto que es notorio.

[windshieldbug]

People pull slides for particular notes in order to get them to resonate better. My best example was watching Sam Pilafian play along with a horn ensemble at a workshop.

Patrick Sheridan said we pull for tone, not for pitch

[MikeW]

Thank you all for taking my question seriously. It seems that "resonant" can be used to describe the playing qualities of an instrument, the sound the instrument makes, the acoustics of a venue, the style of a performer, and probably several other usages. As for knowing what it means, I guess you just have to be there.

[Greg Lecewicz]

I think resonance as a positive characteristic of sound quality is something the player produces, rather than a characteristic of the instrument.

I agree. The instrument extends and amplifies the vibrations of our head, jaws and lips. Sometimes we find a fantastic horn that fits those vibrations and gives us this " full" sound with this split second vibration to our entire head and ears that we can actually feel versus another instrument that doesn't fit us and we call it " dull, stuffy" etc but some other person picks it up and says " wow, this is a great horn". And then there is Getzen that nobody manages to get any vibes out of yet they still make brass instruments.