Talk:Mute (music)

message: Deleted the 'other meanings' section.  This is covered by the Mute disambiguation page.
Karl Naylor 16:13, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Meanings 

message: We need pictures! Any offers?--Light current 02:09, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll try to remember to take one this weekend. - mako 07:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brass mutes 

message: "On older pianos it was possible by use of the soft pedal to play only one, two or all three strings, making the distinction between una corda (one string) and due corde (two strings) meaningful, but this is no longer the case"
I sincerely doubt that concert quality instruments have abandoned the use of the Una Corda pedal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.39.163.114 (talk • contribs) 
:I think what is meant is that the pedal can no longer be used to play two strings (for the majority of the keyboard with string in threes), shifting only between one string and all three. I don't know if this is true or if it is available on modern pianos. Rigadoun  (talk) 17:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Una corda

message: I second the motion to merge the two, but also recommend the section on this page be cleaned up a bit and separated into smaller sections making it easier to navigate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.34.0.92 (talk) 23:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging 

message: I suggest that Sordino be merged into this article. From what I understand it's talking about the same kind of object. --Eusebius (talk) 09:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds sensible. --Eusebius (talk) 09:17, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Aye, sensible... Question remains about what to do with the Sordino content relating to the sordun, a double-reed wind instrument with a folded bore. See Rackett for another instrument along similar lines. Right now, Sordun redirects to Sordino, which seems kind of a sub-optimal way to arrange it all. __Just plain Bill (talk) 11:59, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the material on the double-reed instrument needs to be put somewhere.  Sordun seems like the logical place.  So the redirect page can become an article, and Sordino can become a disambiguation page.  That would make more sense in Wikipedia than 1911 Britannica's procedure of lumping everything together in one article. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 01:14, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

text:  Sure it is sensible, as long as there is a reference to exactly what Sordina/o means exactly.  For instance, if someone has an accordion with a sordina chamber and they switch it on, but do not hear much of a difference, they would look up the word, and find no answer.  On my accordions, it would not make too much sense to think of the word "mute" when using the sordina chamber, as it is a very slight change in timbre.  64.149.54.106 (talk) 19:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

text:  Yes This is sensible. I am a 5th grade piano player and I understand that sordino means, in Italian, means 'add mute pedal' Yuyu.ma (talk) 05:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I have created sub-sections for each different type of string and brass mutes. My model was the article Bowed string instrument extended technique. I think this change makes the article easier to navigate if you are looking for a specific mute. Also, whereas previously all the wiki-links for – let's say – plunger mutes linked to the brass section of the article, we can now link them to the new Plunger mute sub-section of the article instead. Any objections or comments?
Squandermania (talk) 20:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good; seems nicely carved at the joints the way you're supposed to. __Just plain Bill (talk) 01:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New sub-sections 

message: Jpgordon, yesterday I added a link to TrumpetExercises.net - Mutes because it has images and more importantly, sound samples that I didn't find from anywhere else. It's not a commercial site but VintageMutes.com, which was the only one you left, is.
You didn't define the weakness of the links, so I assume the images and sound examples were weak. In that case it's justifiable to remove the link. Altough, as I'm the author of the site, I'd like to know what was wrong with the samples so I can record better ones. Thanks!
- Janne, 91.152.193.171 (talk) 04:24, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Andre Jolivet asks for a Robinson mute in one of his trumpet concertos. It gives a very soft, "distant" sound. Is this another mute or one of those describes in the article? -- megA (talk) 12:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Google is better for answering questions like this: http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f131/robinson-mute-28527.html __ Just plain Bill (talk) 14:59, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: indeed - thanks. -- megA (talk) 18:30, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Robinson" mute? 

message: From article:  "Miles Davis often played through a Harmon mute without the stem."  Could you please explain what is meant by stem?  The word "stem" occurs only that one time in the article.  (PeacePeace (talk) 18:17, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is in the section on the Wah-wah mute, yes? You will see in the paragraph preceding that statement a reference to the mute being in two parts, the smaller part is described as " a cup on a tube that can be slid in or out, or removed completely, depending on the composer's direction or the player's preference". This is sometimes called the "stem". I can see that this could be made clearer. Thanks for calling attention to this defect.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:49, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Do U Mean by Stem? 

message: What is Wikipedia's policy for editing pages with the intent of advertising a certain brand? Under brass mutes, I only see images for mutes under the Soulo brand. While they are definitely mutes of high quality, they are hardly the only mutes on the market; in fact, they are relative newcomers. I find it highly suspicious that the same user has applied images for Soulo's products to the page, right in the same time frame as each product was released on the market.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.242.57 (talk) 14:55, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias and Advertising on the Mute page 

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