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 RE: clarinet mutes
Author: Anne Bell 
Date:   1999-07-19 13:11

While I'm not positive exactly what type of mute Bill Smith was using for this particular album I do have knowledge of several types of mutes that he calls for in his pieces. By and large these mutes are used for a difference in timbre- not volume. One is a tiny plunger- used in one of his double clarinet pieces. It is used in a similar fashion to the way trombonists use a plunger. Another mute is a large cork pushed into the bell. This mute facilitates playing upper harmonics and bugle calls. From the discription I suspect this is the mute to which John was referring. The size of the cork determines how far up the bell it rests and this affects the pitch of the resultant harmonic series. It is most effective for "long" fingerings.

Anne

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