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An instruction to fit or remove a mute.
Also known as: Con sordino, Senza sordino, Straight mute marking
Con sordino asks for a mute to be fitted and senza sordino for it to be removed. On brass instruments the type of mute is named as well, because a straight, cup and harmon mute change the sound in entirely different ways.
Instructs the fitting or removal of a mute, changing an instrument's tone and volume.
Contexts: Music
Names the type of mute on brass instruments, since straight, cup, harmon and plunger mutes produce quite different sounds.
Contexts: Music
Requires time to fit and is therefore marked in advance, as with pizzicato.
Contexts: Music
Two or three italic words printed above the staff, sometimes with a small circle or plus sign on the note.