5 hacks for better tone

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Bach5G
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by Bach5G »

This turned up in my FB feed this am. Thoughts?

I’d like a small, light, plastic practice mute. Something like a Best Brass in PVC? Suggestions?

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norbie2018
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by norbie2018 »

Hack five - listen to the best of the best. Right on, right on!
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hyperbolica
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by hyperbolica »

Let's see.. "hacks"... BAC horn... Expectations very low.

... But, he did give very good advice. Kind of dumbed down.

Maybe the problem is that people today have a different use for the word hack. When I think of the word hack I think of an amateur really ugly performer just bad all the way around. The guy did say there is no shortcut at one point. To his credit.
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Burgerbob
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by Burgerbob »

Hack in this sense is more like "shortcut" or "relatively unknown method." Still a dumb term as applied to pedagogy, but not "bad player."