![]() ![]() – can create uncanny imitations of human speech and other vocal effects. Moving the plunger in combination with other techniques – like growling, flutter-tonguing, pitch-bending, half-valving, etc. Since the plunger is held in hand, the performer has incredibly subtle control over the instrument’s sound. Ellington was so impressed by Miley and Williams’s use of the plunger that he incorporated it into hundreds of compositions and arrangements. “Dippermouth Blues,” 1923), the plunger later became associated with Duke Ellington’s band thanks to its use by James “Bubber” Miley (1923-29) and then Charles Melvin “Cootie” Williams (1929-40). What you are looking at here is a wonderful book of new studies, solos, and transcriptions created for the sole purpose of practicing your plunger mute technique.
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