Re: [Harp-L] Re: harmonica practice mute

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Totally different subject....
but yet the same

I've always found that:
 
• a walk along a beach....with waves 
• walking along a railroad track when a train goes by
• playing next to a raging river..waterfalll etc...

facing these noisy situations and playing into the void...noise...
with no one else around..
was a great way to build your tone.

A great gospel singer once told me to quit practicing in my vehicle against the windshield as the 
experience will prevent you from projecting properly to the back of the room and using your diaphragm to support the notes.

Could be a good deadening device would allow you to develop tone and projection without the self conscious feelings...
Good luck

Grant


On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:33 AM, David Fertig wrote:

> This mut is a very intriguing prospect, one which - if effective - in my hands would have saved many poor strangers from hearing my crappy playing for the first (too many) years!   
> 
> But the cosmetics mean nothing to me, color, texture and material, it's how it feels in the hand, mouth and sound - or silence, here -  that counts.  Of course anything that can corral the noise will have to be bulky and un-cuppable, no way around it.  
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> Aside from that, I echo Jim's query: how effective is it in cutting the sound?  
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> (I have a silent brass rig and it's phenomenally effective on my trumpet, which is a particularly good thing!!)
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> -Dave 
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> --- On Wed, 8/18/10, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> [Harp-L] Re: harmonica practice mute
>        	Tuesday, August 17, 2010 5:44 PM
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>            From: 
>            "Jim Hanks" <jhanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> This seems like the kind of thing you'd have to try to decide which is 
> better but it seems like #2 would be easier to hold to me. I also like 
> the oiled wood look.
> 
> I guess the important question is : does it work? What kind of decibel reduction does it give?
>