Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-06-24 18:28
Hi everybody, I'm back from my vacation from the internet. So, I have two questions. The first one's regarding a mouthpiece. SO, I have some money saved up and I'd love to buy mouthpiece, not that it'd automatically make me sound better... actually to a lesser extent, yes it would. Not as much as practicing and being critical of my recordings.
Okay on to the point. I bought some size 3 Vandoren Trad. bass clarinet reeds. I love them, it took a few days to get used to, but they're helping me achieve the rounder/not nasal sound I'm going for. Inside the box held an advertisement for the BD5 mouthpiece. This sonata recording has me convinced that the mouthpiece is totally the secret to having a nice round sound, and not 20+ years of practice (sarcasm, if you couldn't detect it). After lurking this forum though, Vandoren products are terrible and now I'm considering a Grabner Virtuosuo mouthpiece or a Behn mouthpiece. Why? Because as an adult, I wouldn't mind waiting a couple more months and saving up for mouthpiece that'd probably save me money long term.
The question for that is should I get a premier mouthpiece, or give the Vandoren products a chance?
The second question is less verbose. What's the secret to not sounding honky and like a rhino in a choir when playing bass clarinet? I might leave a recording below soon for a reference. Thanks for reeding (reed pun).
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