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Re: HS Student Moutpieces

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-02-05 18:02

First, I don't know what you mean by a "High School level mouthpiece." They aren't made or marketed that way and are used by professionals and students at all levels. The mouthpiece isn't making her play so that she needs to be "reigned-in." If the problem is that she's playing too loud, she needs to learn to play softer. If it's a blast-y, spread tone, she needs to learn better technique.

Her reeds need to be a good match to the facing. What reeds is she using? M13 is their closest long-curved facing. If she's using soft reeds on it, she'll have control problems. It's possible she'd be more comfortable playing on a different Vandoren facing - shorter and/or more open, but that's not so much a change as a lateral arabesque within the Vandoren universe and could only be determined by trial and error.

That's not to say that there isn't a mouthpiece out there that she'd like better and even sound better with, but there's nothing she can't learn to do well on the M13 she already has.

Karl

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