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Re: Tone VS Articulation

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-06-12 01:44

I think some of you are missing the point. Of course you have to be able to articulate properly and comfortably but some times that simply just takes a little time to adjust to the set up, or make a few adjustments to your reeds. I’ve taught for along time and conclude that it is much more difficult to get a student to find a mouthpiece that gives them a good tone then it is to get them to articulate well, unless of course they were having a problem articulating in the first place. That’s a whole different bag of tricks. Yes, there has to be a reasonable amount of comfort involved in choosing a mouthpiece but finding one that gives you the best tone you can achieve, with reasonable comfort, is a very difficult thing to achieve. In my opinion, if you find a mouthpiece that gives you the tone you’ve been searching for, work with it, you may never find it again. I did exactly the same thing many years ago with the mouthpiece I now use. After a few weeks I put it in the draw and after a few months later took to out again, worked on my reeds to get the comfort I desired and never looked back because I missed the sound I was getting with it, which is why I choose it in the first place. After a few weeks it felt so good I could not go back to my other mouthpiece. I still love my sound, and feel fine playing that moutpiece fifteen years later. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 (Listen to a little Mozart, with that mouthpiece)

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