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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-03-14 13:13
My experience is that you are correct about the smaller tip opening mouthpieces being more "even." They are easier to control and have a ready built constancy of pitch and timbre. The more open you go (of course that would imply softer reeds) the greater your possibilities of pitch and color at the expense of working harder to keep all the factors constant....when that is what you want.
Personally I have not had any issue producing a big sound on small facing mouthpieces. The idea is that you create more resonance and greater sound levels by establishing a goodly amount of pressure within your oral cavity. The sound of the clarinet is produced by the resonating air column within the instrument. That air column is excited by the pressure differential between the standing wave in the horn (zero) and what you produce behind the reed/mouthpiece in your mouth. You do that by providing a more continuous and active air column, consciously pushing with your abdominal muscles. Of course that all varies with the dynamic at which you play; and it is possible to OVER produce pressure (you top out on results and any more "work" goes without benefits). But getting that balance right yields amazing results out of any mouthpiece.
................Paul Aviles
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DaphnisetChloe |
2019-03-14 08:17 |
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Arnoldstang |
2019-03-14 09:18 |
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vintschevski |
2019-03-14 10:01 |
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Re: Close faced mouthpieces with a big sound new |
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Paul Aviles |
2019-03-14 13:13 |
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Mojo |
2019-03-14 17:06 |
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Ed |
2019-03-15 06:54 |
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