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Re: What's wrong? Please help!

Author: grifffinity
Date: 2007-05-14 23:40

ClaireTune wrote:

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My son's teacher

Is this a private clarinet teacher or a general ed. music teacher, who perhaps does not have a lot of clarinet experience?

The reason I ask is that most clarinetist would not recommend the B45 for a middle school aged student. However, I have known a few band directors who don't play clarinet who have recommended the B45.

As stated above, it is a very open Mouthpiece and may be difficult for a young player to control. If Vandoren is the prefered mouthpiece, I'd suggest the 5RV Lyre, which is neither too open or too closed. Also, many well known mouthpiece makers have student line mouthpieces that are the same price or cheaper than a Vandoren:

Clark Fobes
Brad Behn
Gennusa (Ben Redwine)
Hite

If your kid is still having problems on a softer reed, I'd suggest looking into another mouthpiece.

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