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Summary: Mute the trombone as a playing technique; learn how with tips from our expert trombone player in this free trombone video music lesson on brass instruments.
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Dennis Garrels Dennis Garrels has been a professional musician for thirty years, playing in the Los Angeles area where he also teaches. He is also a minister of the church. read more
Dennis Garrels Expert Village There are numerous types of mutes in trombone and trumpet and brass line. There's a straight mute, the harmone mute, all kinds. This is the harmone mute and Miles Davis used one of these. He did a tune "Bye Bye Blackbird". Almost every one of his songs that I heard lately that he's done was with a mute. See if this sounds familiar.