Mute – A device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instruments tone quality or lowers its volume

(Pronounced myoot)

To remember what mute means, use the following mnemonic:

The mutant (mute) stuffed things into his trumpet to reduce the volume and change the tone.

Examples of mute in a sentence

The trumpet player used a mute.

The brass section could play more subtly when they each used a mute. 

A mute was used for all but one song.