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Re: Clarinet Mouthpiece selections for Concert Band Purposes

Author: JHowell
Date: 2012-12-26 01:49

I think a student clarinetist, particularly one who is playing on inferior equipment, should buy a medium facing mouthpiece and learn to play it. The mouthpiece that "feels" best to a player in such a state is likely to be one that allows existing flaws to flourish. An advanced player or professional is of course different, but if there's one mouthpiece today that I can tell a student to buy through the mail and have something that won't be a handicap with pitch or response issues it's the Rico Reserve X5. I prefer the X0 for myself, but if a student can't make a good sound on an X5 there are other issues. I've played a bunch of these things now, and while some are better than others I've yet to play one that I couldn't get through a concert on if I had to.

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