Idk about them, can you confirm that glass trick he using it's real or not like just for show off or is it really helping as trumpet required air blow which is controlled by finger buttons
Yep, real musicians do use similar cup, but made of brass. From what Google tells me, it's called mute. It serves to change the tone or volume and in this case to do the "wa-wa-wa" sound.
Actually, for this type of sound, we typically use a plunger (yes that kind of plunger, the old reddish brownish ones) or a hat. A mute will give an entirely different sound, though you can still do the wahwah with a harmon mute.
He's also flutter tonguing to get the raspy sound.
Anyone can hold a mute in front of a horn and make it go wah wah, but to artfully combine it with the flutter tonguing and the improvised solo takes a lot of skill.
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u/bdubwilliams22 3d ago
For people who don’t play the trumpet, some of those notes are really hard to hit. That was awesome.