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Re: Intermediatw mouthpieces

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-11-14 07:59

I strongly agree with the above.........and yet.........

I was never a big fan of the 5RV. Now if it has the LYRE symbol on it next to the 5RV, then that's a different story.

A really good mouthpiece that seems to "do it all," is the ESM (Ernst Schreiber Michaelstadt) MCK-1. Now the reason I might not be opposed to agreeing with the idea of a new mouthpiece is that changing things up a little bit can be very thing to shake you into a new perspective (even if the mouthpiece isn't the primary reason for improvement).

Now, we have discussed on this Board in a more heady discussion, that what produces THE sound on the clarinet is the PRESSURE differential between zero pressure (in your horn) and the pressure you build up in your mouth.

This is what I am trying with students these days: Put your horn down and take a deep, deep breath. Just hold it back with your lips and let your cheeks puff out so you can see and feel the pressure in your mouth. Now, push a little more from the gut so that you feel and see MORE pressure in your mouth. It should feel slightly uncomfortable if you do this for a longer period. THAT feeling is (unfortunately) what you need to feel AT ALL TIMES when you play the clarinet (at least to the point where you are always cognizant of pressure in your mouth).

Doing this correctly will go a LONG way to giving you a much more solid (and loud) sound.

Oh, and a good check on whether your approach is correct is that you should always feel vibrations under your fingers (every register at every dynamic) when the sound is produced correctly.

.............Paul Aviles

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