{"id":459,"date":"2012-12-24T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T12:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2012-12-24T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T12:15:29","slug":"strings-mute-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/strings-mute-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Strings &#8211; Mute Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Always make sure that that your string players have plenty of time to put on and take off their mutes. Yes, this is a standard caution of orchestration manuals, but there&#8217;s more to it: you also have to provide some cover for the minuscule bustle as the players go about the process. Most players have rubber mutes sitting below the bridge that can be adjusted almost immediately. But that is for their purposes, not necessarily for yours &#8211; they are trying to cope with all the composers who are careless, but it&#8217;s not a license to kill for the rest of us&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-462\" title=\"Strings Mute Changes tip\" src=\"https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip.jpg\" alt=\"Strings Mute Changes tip\" width=\"575\" height=\"418\" data-wp-pid=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip.jpg 800w, https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orchestrationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Strings-Mute-Changes-tip-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">excerpt from my harp concerto movement 3 in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">That&#8217;s a stacked chord of all 7ths &#8211; essentially an open 13th chord spanning nearly 3 octaves. It&#8217;s a neat effect, but may be tricky to tune for my semipro doctor players\u2026 they&#8217;ll sort it, though!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always make sure that that your string players have plenty of time to put on and take off their mutes. Yes, this is a standard caution of orchestration manuals, but there&#8217;s more to it: you also have to provide some cover for the minuscule bustle as the players go about the process. 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