for some reason the concept of an "assault trumpet" is incredibly amusing to me
@Felthry Wasn't there a whole series of weaponised instruments in... Baten Kaitos, I think it was?
@Terrana I don't think so!
@Felthry The Clangers was a stop-motion animated series from the 1960s. Music had special properties in its universe.
One day, they find musical notes growing on trees. Little black quavers with long tails. After they get the Soup Dragon to stop eating said notes, they start fooling around with them.
One thing they try is painting staff lines on a cylindrical rock and sticking the notes to it. When the rock is rolled, it makes a tinkly little melody, and promptly launches itself off the ground.
Later on, in a different episode, we find they've mounted that same rock on a mast-like pole on a small boat. They spin it to make the boat fly.
@Felthry Did I ever tell you about the Music Boat in The Clangers?