Trombonist Ed Neumeister is one of the modern masters of playing with a plunger mute. Recently I spotted a topic on the Trombone Forum about how Neumeister gets some of the very specific sounds with a plunger mute. Much to everyone’s delight, Neumeister posted a reply.
Included in his post were links to his web site and his blog. On one of his posts, he goes into some detail about Trombone Plunger Technique. For a bonus, here’s a YouTube video of Neumeister doing some practice improvising and exploring some of the different sounds and techniques of using a plunger mute.
