Con sordino vs Mute

Side-by-side comparison of two musical terms.

	Con sordino	Mute
Definition	With mute; using a mute on the instrument.	A device attached to an instrument to soften its volume and alter its tone colour.
Category	articulation	performance
Pronunciation	kohn sor-DEE-noh	/mjuːt/
Origin	Italian	Latin (mutus, silent)
BPM	—	—
Synonyms	With mute Muted	sordino damper con sordino
Antonyms	—	open senza sordino
Usage	Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata marking "senza sordino" has been debated for 200 years.	The horn section plays with mutes throughout the nocturne, giving it a distant, ghostly quality.

Definition: With mute; using a mute on the instrument.
Category: articulation
Pronunciation: kohn sor-DEE-noh
Origin: Italian
Synonyms: With mute Muted
Usage: Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata marking "senza sordino" has been debated for 200 years.

Definition: A device attached to an instrument to soften its volume and alter its tone colour.
Category: performance
Pronunciation: /mjuːt/
Origin: Latin (mutus, silent)
Synonyms: sordino damper con sordino
Antonyms: open senza sordino
Usage: The horn section plays with mutes throughout the nocturne, giving it a distant, ghostly quality.