I discovered today that the cardboard mute, mentioned below, also works on dulcimer. I had to fiddle with it a bit to keep it from migrating to the middle of the strum area and damping everything down. I actually turned in upside down and slid it tight against the bridge. It worked great, especially on loud and fast pieces.
For slower pieces, I found I didn't like to use it so much. I can play softer and like to hear the strings ring on a song like Ashokan Farewell.
My brother mentioned that the hair ties, or scrunchies work on the nut
end of a guitar. I have some scrunchies somewhere - just couldn't find
them. (the story of my life.) I'm not sure how one would get them over
the scroll and tuning pegs and still be tight enough to mute. I'll try
it sometime when I find them...
Can't wait to get the bass mute.I won't have any excuse now not to practice!
No comments:
Post a Comment