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Re: Mouth piece for middle school?

Author: Ursa
Date: 2017-10-20 22:29

In my experience, the Fobes Debut is the best available choice for younger players who don't play with a lot of air support. Even very petite beginning students with weak air streams can get a very nice sound with the Debut.

The Ridenour Encore can develop a more mature sound than the Debut, but does require good air support to deliver decent results.

With the student being in her third year, I think it would be about time to consider an entry-level professional hard rubber mouthpiece, such as the Vandoren 5RV Lyre.

In any case...don't assume that the Yamaha 4C mouthpiece was painstakingly engineered to uniquely compliment the fine playing qualities of the YCL-450N clarinet. This is most certainly NOT the case! Keep it for emergency use only.

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