It is very simple to produce this rare passages, where stopped follows open without enough time between to insert the "stop mute".
The stop mute usually has something (ring) to fix on a cord or so in a way, that the mute can be hung on the wrist. Just pull the mute half way out for the open notes & get the open notes in a very decent quality. Very simple. But it works with good (acceptable) intonation on the F-side much better than on the Bb-side. A mute, fitting all types of horns is a dream, which cannot be made real without compromising. Or is your dream about a "shrinkable" or "expandable" mute, serving for "gestopft" & "con sord.", wide to narrow bell, brassy or echo-sound ??? One example: in the past, hornplayers used a cloth horn sack, mostly made from thinner black cloth, to be closed by a circular cord on the bell side. This sack served well against the "oil-spritz" of the pumpenhorns, when the sack was laid over the knees. Rolled together like a ball it could be inserted into the bell & made a wonderful "echo-sound-effect". We produced a superb "sordino" sound of the Wagnertubas by inserting a (used) card board tube, mainly used to mail graphic material. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Am 30.05.2010 um 03:35 schrieb valerie wells: > Forget about whether you want to transpose or not, forget about saying > anyone else is "lazy" if they don't want to transpose, etc. Just consider > the coolness factor! Aren't any of you in the least bit intrigued by the > idea that someone could create a mute that mimics the sound of stopped horn > w/o the need for transposition? I certainly am. > > If I knew this new product produced a fabulous stopped sound with good > intonation on any horn, Bb or F, small or large bell throat, and it didn't > cost so darn much, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. It totally fascinates > me. The very idea is way cool! > > Because my hand is small and "skinny," I have to use a brass stop mute to > sound good on stopped horn passsages. In a pinch, when there's no time to > place a mute, and I only need to play one note, I can hand stop on the Bb by > transposing down a whole step, but the sound isn't nearly as nice and > edgy as the fellas get who have a big "fleshy" right paw. When it comes > to hand stopping, hand size really matters. > > Valerie Wells > http://beforhorn.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
