I just got my Wick cup mute recently, and the cup is a CHORE to move. I guess I'll just have to break it in a little. Also, if you put the cup on all the way upside down, you get a plunger sort of.
Hi Aidan I'm lookin' for a mute that allow me to practice at home whitout too much noise when I have no other choice, is the Wick cup mute better than a Bremner practice mute ?
It's a general rule that for "legit" work, you use a metal mute, and a Humes and Berg/Stone Lined mute for jazz. It's not set in stone, but pretty common to do it that way.
I just got my Wick cup mute recently, and the cup is a CHORE to move. I guess I'll just have to break it in a little. Also, if you put the cup on all the way upside down, you get a plunger sort of.
Yup, just move it more!
Hi Aidan I'm lookin' for a mute that allow me to practice at home whitout too much noise when I have no other choice, is the Wick cup mute better than a Bremner practice mute ?
Better? No. Any practice mute will be better than any cup for a quiet mute.
@@AidanRitchie I know that but the cup is quiet enough, I think about backpressure
@@micka573 The cup is worse. Heavier too.
@@AidanRitchie Crazy, I was expecting the reverse
Why do you use a stone line mute on straight tenors but use metal mutes for large tenors?
It's a general rule that for "legit" work, you use a metal mute, and a Humes and Berg/Stone Lined mute for jazz. It's not set in stone, but pretty common to do it that way.