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Author: ClaRiNeT_CaNdY
Date: 2003-09-14 04:20
i am using a mouthpiece patch, but i see some of my professional teachers not using them. Their mouthpiece look awful with their teeth marks, but they play just fine. so is there a need for patches? or would the intonation be affected? perhaps a mouthpiece w/o a patch has better intonation? i don't know, advice pleasE?
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-09-14 05:40
The patch won't affect intonation. But if you bite hard (and/or have a very hard reed), the mouthpiece probably will warp EVENTUALLY due to prolonged pressure there. In which case a patch might be necessary to prevent this. Or for some people (like myself), it just feels better.
Alexi
Retired, playing more sax than clarinet, but still playing clarinet and still loving it!
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Author: Markus Wenninger
Date: 2003-09-14 08:35
My wife uses such a patch on her sopranosax, from the very beginning - she says it just feels better. Personally, I never got used to it, and I like those marks my teeth leaves on my mouthpieces, like wrinkles on a face, sort of palimpsest what has been told by it throughout the years. But no, it doesn´t affect the sound in any way.
Markus
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-09-14 10:15
I use the thin clear patches on all my mouthpieces, not just to protect the mouthpiece but they just feel comfortable. I find the thick black ones effect my embouchure and don't last as long.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2003-09-14 12:29
A patch probably results in a somewhat more realistic sound reaching the ears, because there would be less conducted sound reaching the ear via the teeth and jaw bone.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-09-14 13:56
Well said, Gordon and Mark, diminishing sound-conduction and the comfortable embouchure SECURITY that pads afford are my reasons for use and my suggestions/recommendations for students via what minor repair work I do. I like the THIN rubber and/or clear plastic "cushions" and go back and forth from single to double lip, usually depending on the music's
"character". A bit like the use of thumbrest cushions, its a matter of personal choice, but suggestion and trial may help. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Dee
Date: 2003-09-14 14:25
No the patches don't affect the way it sounds. I find the patches to be uncomfortable. It feels like I'm putting my teeth on a piece of cheese. Since I hate cheese, I can't stand it.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-09-14 14:58
sfalexi said:
>But if you bite hard (and/or have a very hard reed), the mouthpiece probably will warp >EVENTUALLY due to prolonged pressure there.
If you are biting that hard, deciding whether to use a mouthpiece patch is the least of your problems ...GBK
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-09-14 16:03
Biting on the mouthpiece is a great way of wrecking what technique one can develop...be sure to then find a teacher if biting is a problem.
A patch will certainly show what biting you're doing, so a patch is a good idea.
David Dow
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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2003-09-15 02:47
I like the patches because I find them to be very comfortable. I bit my way through one mouthpiece. It looked terrible and didn't feel that great either.
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