6 Pcs Rubber Violin Mute, Practice Silencer Small Viola Mute Round Tourte Style Practice Mute for Violin

Son needs only one for a piece of music his orchestra plays. This pack of six is same price as one piece if I had bought at local music store. Got extras so he can give to his friends.

Era lo necesario

Awful. Not cut all the way through or at the right angle so they can’t even fit on the strings. The part that’s supposed to go on the bridge isn’t big enough to fit on it so it won’t stay there either.

Ok

Kept popping off. Bought different ones.

The mutes fit onto the strings with some finagling, but the part to fit over the bridge is not large enough to actually accomplish anything. To me it looks like someone looked at a violin mute photo, made a 3d printing design and hit print. They do nothing. Waste of money, and time, and completely frustrating to buy a pack of useless rubber.

I grew up with combos of wooden (preferred for extra quiet) and metal fitted mutes that clipped onto the bridge top and created different muted sounds so I could practice quietly. I stopped playing for years and recently picked up a cheap violin. Note, with cheaper bows that accompany cheaper violins (and cheaper bridges), besides a raw student tone, to hit some notes the bowing and strike has to be a little harder due to poor even tension on the bow hairs or poorly set bridge/string resistance so the playing might have to be a little loud for some notes. So I tried these mutes thinking it would really dampen the sound on the louder notes.Not exactly. 1. Multiple had to be used (like in the demo pics) 2. Wooden fitted mute dampened much more 3. To get most mute, have to put extra on the bowed side of bridge, which interfered with string vibration of notes or could get into way of bow techniques closest to bridge.There is some dampening but it is not a huge difference. Using multiple is better than none. Wooden works best for me with metal fitted second. May try combo and other configurations, as I think there is a way to get to an even better mute, but have to have more time to work with it.So in a pinch ok, good deal. But if you can, try alternate mutes or definitely use multiple. If looking to do effects, sure, it will add sectional light dampening and still allow a clean sound or provide contrast for stylized playing. I am way out of practice to cover that for now, maybe someone else here can add better information than I can

Note to users and other reviewers. These are NOT practice mutes which completely dampen your sound so you can practice and not be heard by people in another room. A practice mute is a big piece of rubber or metal which completely covers the bridge.These are Tourte-style rubber mutes for for playing musical passages marked "con sordino." They're what orchestra or chamber players would use. They soften the sound, make it feathery and velvety, but you can still play relatively loud.If you need a practice mute, buy a practice mute.