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Trombonist playing with a straight mute, the most common brass mute. A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume. Mutes are commonly used on string and brass instruments, especially the trumpet and trombone, and are occasionally used on woodwinds. Their effect is ...
The Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect égal (Fr.) Equal eilend (Ger.) Hurrying ein wenig (Ger.) A little einfach (Ger.) Simple emporté (Fr.) Fiery, impetuous en animant (Fr.) Becoming very lively en cédant (Fr.) Yielding en ...
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A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet Melodramma: melodrama: A style of opera Opera: work: A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists Opera buffa: humorous opera: A comic opera Opera semiseria: semi-serious opera: A variety of opera Opera seria: serious opera: An opera with a serious, esp. classical theme ...
They are approximations of actual trumpet mutes that my school owns. I wanted to draw pictures of the mutes that aren't tied to any specific brand, so they are relatively generic. The yellow color indicates the bell of the trumpet, the beige-ish color indicates the cork of the mutes, the gray fill is the fuzz of the bucket mute, and the black ...
The trumpet Davis used on the recording is displayed on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It was donated to the school by Arthur "Buddy" Gist, who met Davis in 1949 and became a close friend. The gift was the reason why the jazz program at UNCG is named the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program. [221]
The wah-wah effect is believed to have originated in the 1920s, with brass instrument players finding they could produce an expressive crying tone by moving a mute, or plunger, in and out of the instrument's bell. [3] In 1921, trumpet player Johnny Dunn's use of this style inspired Tricky Sam Nanton to use the mute with the trombone. [2]
[11] It was popular in Germany, where trumpet-playing was restricted to professional trumpet guild members. [12] As well, the mute cornett variant was a quiet instrument, playing "gentle, soft and sweet." [13] The cornett is not to be confused with the modern cornet, a valved brass instrument with a separate origin and development. [12]