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Author: alvi
Date: 2014-04-18 19:10
Hello everyone!
I'm playing clarinet from 12 years.
when I start playing clarinet I was have buffet mouthpiece which I buy with my b12 clarinet, later I change mouthpiece for b45 with lyra... when I was in academy of music (4 years ago) I buy Portnoy BP03 but I'm still looking for the best Mouthpiece for me.. Now I'm playing on Portnoy on reed #4 V12, I can play very loud... but my piano is not hear for everybody... This is hard to me for explain..
I looking a mouthpiece which I can play very loud and very silent, but I want to be hearable on big concert hall, or some like that.. This is problem of material of mouthpiece or maybe something else?
What you think about mouthpiece can I check?
Ramon Wodkowski mouthpiece? Nagamatsu? Viotto? maybe something else?
Please give me your experience about mouthpiece.
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH
Best!
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Author: ThatPerfectReed
Date: 2014-04-18 21:38
Alvi: Contributors could use up the moderator's disk storage space on this one.
My suggestion is by NO means the first and last. But I do share your background having been "raised" on a B45.
Try these:
http://woodwinds.daddario.com/woodwindsProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=4683&productid=159&productname=Reserve_Bb_Clarinet_Mouthpieces&sid=7e428f9b-2dc2-4d50-9eb1-a61397ba4801
..I'd say specifically the X10 model because of the widest tip opening of all three--allowing some similarity to the more open facing of the B45. (I can't speak to the Portnoy as I am ignorant with respect to its specifications.)
I own this mouthpiece and it has wonderful control for me at all volumes.
My main mouthpiece though is a Vadoren M30D--which I think makes the left hand octave notes sound great, but I believe it does so at the ability to raise volume as loud as I can achieve with the Rico Reserve. Both mouthpieces play very similar for me, and I have no problem changing off between them.
Were projection of my sound my #1 need, I'd go with the Rico Reserve. Do note: loudness is just one, (albeit a very important factor) in the ability to be heard at distances.
(I am independent of all music businesses.)
Good luck
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-04-19 05:59
A colleague of mine and I have gone around and around on projection quite a bit lately. Being HEARD in a concert hall is more about having a good amount of overtones in your sound NOT how hard you blow. My friend finally settled on a mouthpiece that he said sounded like bees buzzing in his head, but from the hall he sounded like Robert Marcellus....on a really good day!!!!! The bottom line here is something Larry Combs has said, "the problem with most clarinetists is that they strive for a sound that they hear (translation: the sound you WANT to project is not what you hear up close).
So I say you are right to seek out a mouthpiece that will give you GREAT soft notes as well. Remember half of LOUD is the comparison with your soft.
I would recommend getting used to a true medium opening such as a Vandoren 5RV Lyre or M13 (also try the wonderful Masters CL4).
........Paul Aviles
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-04-19 06:22
It is impossible to tell another person which mouthpiece is the best for you. My suggestion is to try what ever mouthpieces you can and see which one works best for you. Maybe some stores will let you try some or you have friends that will allow you to try theirs for at least a few minutes so you can at least get an idea.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: alvi
Date: 2014-04-19 16:52
thank you for answering!
I'm have good sound (I think) and said to me a lot people my friend and some of known clarinettist( shirley brill, florent heau etc. ) but.. they always said about my piano... you know I always want to be hearable.. Always i have problem on the concert hall with big echo.. my mouthpiece is better on concert hall like studio. Maybe is problem because my Portnoy have large tip opening (I forget to add I play Buffet Tosca)? What is your experience to play on big concert hall and mouthpiece or reed to find to play on concert hall with echo or more like studio??
Please give me some advice.
Best!
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2014-04-19 18:49
Alvi, I've had concerns about the Portnoy mouthpiece that are similar to yours. I found that the Vandoren Traditional reed was a better match for it than the V12. There were more overtones and "ring" in the sound using the Traditionals versus the V12, and I had no trouble getting my clarinet's sound out to "the back of the hall" once I switched to the Traditionals.
You may want to go down a half-strength if you switch to Vandoren Traditional reeds.
Portnoy's mouthpiece is an excellent design and you're likely just a reed change away from making it work well for you.
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