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RE: Newbie (?) questions

Author: David Peacham
Date: 2002-09-28 10:31

Nick tells us that his mouthpiece is a Buffet, not a 4C. These seem to have an awful reputation.

I have been playing a Yamaha plastic clarinet (YCL26...) since I started in April 2001. It came with a 6C mouthpiece, not a 4C. I *think* I am right in saying that the 6C is cheaper than the 4C.

After 3 months I changed to a Vandoren 5RVLyre 13/88. This seemed to be the best of the four Vandoren models I was advised to try.

I occasionally go back to the 6C just to see what happens. The sound isn't so good.

But the other advice I received - and I suspect it was very good advice - is not to worry too much about equipment. With 17 months' playing experience, I don't feel qualified to choose between a lot of fancy mouthpieces. Surely it is necessary to develop the embouchure to a decent standard before trying to make such judgements. I suspect the same is even more true of Nick, who has only been playing for two months. I doubt Nick is anywhere near ready to take William's advice to "look for qualities of response with varying articulations in all registers and focus of sound maintained while playing from loud to soft".

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