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Walter · 04-10-2007, 04:05 AM

I recently went to recital for trumpet and piano... the trumpeter playing was using and an array of mutes....on one piece he was doing a call and response piece using the harmon mute for the response. I watched as he moved back and forth from mute to no mute.....he held the mute in place during the short responses and the left it in for a longer passage. As a trumpet player I knew that by the way he inserted the mute it was going to fall out at some point...of course it did! It clunked onto the hardwood floor from his standing position and rolled back and forth...he didn't miss a beat and just continued...at the end of the piece and thunderous applause he casually picked up the mute...cracked a joke about the harmon and continued the concert.

The trumpeter was a 19 year old award winner and will without doubt be famous one day but he will certainly need to control his harmon.

Walter

04-10-2007, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Walter Pianissimo User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 246	Re: The Dreaded Mute Drop! I recently went to recital for trumpet and piano... the trumpeter playing was using and an array of mutes....on one piece he was doing a call and response piece using the harmon mute for the response. I watched as he moved back and forth from mute to no mute.....he held the mute in place during the short responses and the left it in for a longer passage. As a trumpet player I knew that by the way he inserted the mute it was going to fall out at some point...of course it did! It clunked onto the hardwood floor from his standing position and rolled back and forth...he didn't miss a beat and just continued...at the end of the piece and thunderous applause he casually picked up the mute...cracked a joke about the harmon and continued the concert. The trumpeter was a 19 year old award winner and will without doubt be famous one day but he will certainly need to control his harmon. Walter