Mute (music)
A mute is a device fitted to a musical instrument to alter the sound produced: by affecting the timbre, reducing the volume, or most commonly both.
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“‘But, first a hush of peace—a soundless calm descends;
The struggle of distress, and fierce impatience ends;
Mute musicmusicsoothes my breast—unuttered harmony,
That I could never dream, till Earth was lost to me.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)