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Intermediatw mouthpieces

Author: ainsleygtyler
Date: 2018-11-14 05:13

Hi. So I’ve been looking for a more internediate set up for myself, and I need suggestions for a mouthpiece that would suit me and my current equipment.

So i have been playing for 5 years, and this is my 2nd year in high school band. I currently play on a Vandoren 5RV, which i got in 8th grade. I still like it and can play all notes easily and with decent quality and sound. I don’t remember the exact clarinet I own, but I know it is yamaha, plastic, and I got it when I was in beginner band. I am still able to play it and my director has told me it is one of the better beginner clarinets and that if I can’t afford to buy a good wooden clarinet, its not the end of the world in my case for now.. I like the standard Vandoren “blue box” reeds in a 3 1/2.

My whole setup isn’t causing me any problems, but I’d just like to work towards upgrading for my skills a bit more without buying a new clarinet. I want something that will help to improve my tone a bit more to sound less like I am still on a plastic clarinet, something warm and rich. I have also noticed that I don’t have the strongest (or capibility to be loud, I don’t know how to describe it) sound compared to other people in my section who are playing on their beginner wooden clarinets. In conclusion, I want my clarinet to sound more rich and “wooden”.

I would prefer the mouthpiece to not be too far off from the 5RV, just because I don’t have the time to spend a month adjusting to the feel of a totally different style and shape of mouthpiece. I also don’t want anything over about $150, but I could possibly stretch that.

On another note, I’ve heard that adding a nicer wooden barrel onto a plastic clarinet can improve the sound to make it more rich/woodlike. Is this true? Because I have thought about also looking into doing so

ok another edit but I’m like95% sure I have the Yamaha YCL-255

Post Edited (2018-11-14 05:29)

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