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5 hacks for better tone

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:04 pm
by Bach5G
This turned up in my FB feed this am. Thoughts?

I’d like a small, light, plastic practice mute. Something like a Best Brass in PVC? Suggestions?


Re: 5 hacks for better tone

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:36 pm
by norbie2018
Hack five - listen to the best of the best. Right on, right on!

Re: 5 hacks for better tone

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:47 pm
by hyperbolica
Let's see.. "hacks"... BAC horn... Expectations very low.

... But, he did give very good advice. Kind of dumbed down.

Maybe the problem is that people today have a different use for the word hack. When I think of the word hack I think of an amateur really ugly performer just bad all the way around. The guy did say there is no shortcut at one point. To his credit.

Re: 5 hacks for better tone

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:09 pm
by Burgerbob
Hack in this sense is more like "shortcut" or "relatively unknown method." Still a dumb term as applied to pedagogy, but not "bad player."