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Re: Exploring Mouthpieces

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-07-01 15:13

If you have a mouthpiece that works for you and you play well on it there may be no real reason to look for another. But like the second poster mentions, it may be worth a conversation with your teacher over whatever is driving you to look for something else to determine where you might need improvement; tone, pitch, ease, surety etc.

One thing I would throw out there is that the M30 (though a good mouthpiece with many fine players who use them) features fairly thick side rails and a thick tip rail. Mouthpieces with thinner rails do tend to make playing with more overtones a bit easier. Up close (that is what we hear from OUR perspective), playing with more overtones may seem brighter or more "crackly," but it does allow the sound to carry (move through an ensemble) easier with less effort and often play with a fuller sound at any real distance (ten feet or so.....meaning you will never fully appreciate how good you sound to others).

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

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