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Making a Mute for Your Recorder

"Cut a piece of thin card about one and a half inches (four centimetres) long and the same width as the 'window' of your recorder. Bend the strip over at right angles dividing it into two parts with a ratio of about one to four. Hook the shorter length through the slot of the 'window' so that the shorter end lies inside the recorder; the longer end lies along the ramp. You will then find that you can practise your fingerings, co-ordinating them with your tonguing action, without producing any sound at all. If you cut your mute slightly less wide than the 'window', you will find that you can still produce a very small sound from your instrument, which may be helpful on certain occasions."

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