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Re: Finding a Mouthpiece

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2018-04-04 10:39

Sam, I suppose you are a student. I don't know your level, but being a pupil to me and if you are in the classical field, I would recommend you to stay quite long with any standard, main stream mouthpiece that is working for you and not causing any particular problem. Only when you are at the level of working on the great concertos (Mozart, Weber, etc), I would suggest that you could try out a few other of the most popular mouthpieces and see if they give you any kind of improvement.

However, if you are an experimental person, I wouldn't hinder you at an earlier stage, but still I would think that your time and effort should be directed more to practicing than the equipment.

Whenever you start comparing mouthpieces (or any equipment, for that matter), your focus should be on what's working for you - not on what works for other people, or other peoples choices. You may listen to any recommendations and give them a try, but the final decision should be yours (perhaps together with your teacher, if you are still getting lessons).

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