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Re: New Selmer Bass Clarinet Mouthpieces

Author: tommo84
Date: 2016-02-13 20:30

I went today for shopping for a new bass clarinet mouthpiece.
I have tried different Vandoren and Selmer products, here my impressions:

-Vandoren B44: the closest one that I have tried. It is a mouthpiece that requires very strong reeds, at least 3.5, but 4 is better; otherwise the sound in the upper register is too thin. but in the end is not bad at all.

-Vandoren B40: very flexible, with a round sound. a lot of tonal and color variation, but to me it was the most difficult to control and play. it requires a very developed embouchure.

-Vandoren B45: as its conuterpart for Bb clarinet, I simply don't like it. It is too "average". Not bad, not good.

-Vandoren B50: simply wonderful. Great sound in terms of volume and projection, allows very large intervals and in the upper register its sound very very good. Despite its huge aperture, it is easy to play even with number 3 reeds. it is the one that i bought.

- Selmer Focus: in terms of sound quality probably the best, but in terms of projection and volume probably the worst. But for classical and chamber music in my opinion is very good. smooth, rich and deep sound.

-Selmer Concept: in my opinion Selmer tried to "copy" the B50 but with not the same success. Very difficult to play, it requires a lot of air, and in the end the sound is big but no as rich and deep as the B50.

hope it helps

bye

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