Author: sfalexi
Date: 2011-11-30 06:59
Arnoldstang wrote:
Go ahead and get the
> smallest tip opening you can find and use a #5 Vandoren reed.
> It's your choice but for most people this won't work in the
> idiom.
>
>
> Post Edited (2011-11-30 03:54)
That's pretty much what I play (small tip, hard reed) and I feel I can get pretty loud. Maybe I'd be louder on a more open mouthpiece, but I find I can do pretty well as is so I'm not worried about it.
I know you may have read or been told that an open mouthpiece is more "flexible", or better for bends or scoops, but don't believe that. You can bend, scoop, smear, gliss, whatever you want on any mouthpiece.
If you wanna try an open mouthpiece, go right ahead, but I say find a mouthpiece that works pretty darned well with you, and just work with it. I think it's more the player that gets the flexibility and volume than the mouthpiece. Heck, if you're comfortable with the mouthpiece you already have and just want to be louder, look at Doc Henderson's Power Barrel. B45 would probably be fine.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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