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Can you make a flute quieter?
Re: Flute mute
Two ways. Put a small piece of cotton wool in the headjoint. This works well on the low range, but less well at the high pitches where you will wake the neighbours. Alternatively, put a piece of modelling clay on the edge of the embouchure hole, just opposite where you blow.
Is a flute quiet?
Flute can be quiet, as instruments go. But it's also quite capable of holding its own in a full symphony orchestra!
