0
While mutes do make the sound quieter, they are usually used to change the sound of the instrument, called the "timbre." Mutes are like the special effects of the music world. Among brass instruments, mutes are most common in trumpet and trombone. They are rarely used in euphoniums, baritones, and tubas.
A straight mute is the most common. It gives the instrument a quieter, crisper sound. It is generally used in symphonic music.
The rest are more common in Jazz Music:
A cup mute makes the sound soft and clean.
A harmon mute (or "wah" mute) has the mute part and a stem. It is used for its piercing, reedy sound. Nowadays, they are usually used with the stem out, but the namesake "wah" sound is created with the stem in. A common harmon mute user was Miles Davis.
A plunger mute is literally shaped like the rubber cup of a toilet plunger with a hole drilled all the way through where the handle is inserted. In fact, all the professionals I know just bought toilet plungers for their plungers mutes. By opening and closing the plunger over the bell, the player can make a "doo-wop" sound. (Think Duke Ellington!)
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What key do you use to remove mute from your laptop?
To remove mute from your laptop, press the mute key again.
How do you use a mute?
You stick it in the end of your instrument
What does a Trumpet use to make different sounds?
A mute.
How does a mute guy ask a blind guy for a sigarrette?
use brail
How do you mute the ring on the Motorola W376G?
When you are on the home screen, use the small gray rocker switch on the left edge of the phone to change the ringer volume to mute (the scale goes from 0-7, 0 is mute, 7 is the loudest possible).
Why would someone use mute math?
Someone would use mute math if they were trying to teach a deaf person how to do math, or even a blind person as well because they cant see the paper in front of them.
How do you cancel a the mute button on iPad 2?
The button can be either a mute switch or a orientation lock switch. Which one it does is changed in the Settings under "Use Side Switch to".
How do you turn off sound on sony Bravia tv?
Use the mute button.
How does a mute man tell his blind friend that his father is dead?
use brail.
What does the musical term mute mean?
depends on the instrument. for a brass instrument, you can use an actual mute, play straight into your music stand, or put a valve or two halfway down.
How do you use the word mute in a sentence?
He mutely followed the man in the dark cowl.
What does a mute cannot do?
A mute cannot speak.
