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Re: What mouthpiece?

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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