Are whisper mutes the same as practice mutes?

ttf_Andrew Pacht · Post by **ttf_Andrew Pacht** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:00 am

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!

ttf_hyperbolica · Post by **ttf_hyperbolica** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:16 am

Look under Whispa Mute

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

ttf_mbarbier · Post by **ttf_mbarbier** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:44 am

Yea just use a practice mute- the actual whispa mute hasn't been made for years, but it's just a practice mute.

ttf_Driswood · Post by **ttf_Driswood** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:43 am

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

ttf_Dukesboneman · Post by **ttf_Dukesboneman** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:23 am

I have one of these.

ttf_Dukesboneman · Post by **ttf_Dukesboneman** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:23 am

I have one of these.