Trombone Mutes: Parts of the Trombone

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Hi again. As you might have deduced, this is not a trombone, it's a trumpet. The trombone was derived from the trumpet. Tromba, Italian for trombone, which means, big trumpet. What we're talking about now is some accessories that go with brass instruments. To alter the sound of some brass instruments we place things in the bell of the instrument called mutes, and this one in particular is a trumpet mute. It is a Harmon mute which is a particular type. It's metal although not all of them are metal. Some, they come as cup mutes, there are many varieties. Cone mutes. I play this one because I like the sound. It was popularized by a jazz trumpeter named Miles Davis, who, as you might hear the sound, I'll demonstrate slowly just a little bit here of the sound of this Harmon mute. It goes into the bell, it sticks in with cork, the trombone has a series of mutes as well, and you'll hear the trumpet. Then with the mute. And then you can even modify this mute and you'll know the sound. You'll hear the Miles Davis sound obviously. Mutes can, you know, they've created so many different varieties for so many different purposes. With this trumpet mute there's probably twenty different kinds, manufacturers, styles. The trombone also uses a plunger, literally a plunger, over the face to get the wah wah sound. It would have the (plays) which changes the pitch because you're altering the vibration of the air going through the instrument.

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