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Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:00 am
by ttf_Andrew Pacht
Hello everyone,

In a wind ensemble, I am playing Maslanka's "Child's Garden of Dreams", and my part calls for a whisper mute in the second movement. I haven't really found marketed whisper mutes. Do people just use practice mutes when they perform this and other pieces that call for whisper mutes?

Thanks!

Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:16 am
by ttf_hyperbolica

Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:44 am
by ttf_mbarbier
Yea just use a practice mute- the actual whispa mute hasn't been made for years, but it's just a practice mute.

Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:43 am
by ttf_Driswood
Quote from: hyperbolica on Aug 28, 2017, 07:16AMLook under Whispa Mute

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/brass-instruments/spivak-198b-trombone-whispa-mute

I used to have one. Don't remember what happened to it. It was VERY quiet.

Jerry Walker

Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:23 am
by ttf_Dukesboneman
I have one of these.

Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:23 am
by ttf_Dukesboneman
I have one of these.