[Trombone-l] quick! what's a "jazz mute" ?

[Ray Horton]

Thanks for all the advice, guys!


My panic was a bit out of order.  I checked the sched again, and we 
start rehearsals for the Thursday and weekend concerts today, but don't 
do that piece until Wednesday, so we can confer and decide on 
something.  I'm guessing the principal trumpet will have an opinion.   
At least I don't have to drag the whole bag downtown. 


Thanks again!


Ray H.

Adrian Drover wrote:
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>> From: Ray Horton
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>> Quick! Rehearsal tomorrow morning for Bernstein's _Divertimento for
>> Orchestra_:
>>
>> What does he mean in the 7th movement by a "jazz mute" ?  He's already
>> asked for a "brassy mute."  There are no + or o indications, etc.
>>
>> The passage for "jazz mute" is "slow blues tempo" 12/8 and is low and 
>> loud.
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> Ray, I wouldn't worry too much about it.  It seems to me like Bernstein
> himself does not know what a jazz mute is.  Slow 12/8 blues does suggest ad
> lib plunger, but only if it is a solo passage.
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> A.  
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