Author: seabreeze
Date: 2015-05-16 07:15
Maxopf,
It's pretty rare to see anybody playing the CWF who has a serious biting issue, even if they do go a bit heavy on the reed (which, it appears, you don't). 3.5 or 4 on that piece sounds fine to me. The charm in that mouthpiece design lies in the free-blowing nature of the internal specs combined with a non-taxing resistance curve and a comfortable, close tip opening. Yet the overtone spectrum is colorful and resonant. Contrast that with the relatively stiff feel of, for example, a Vandoren 5Rv or B45 coupled with a stiffer reed, and pinching and biting become likely just to control the sound.
Nellsonic,
I agree that double lip can be a big help in curing the biting habit, especially if you have a mouthpiece that accomodates double-lip playing. For many players, especially young ones still developing an embouchure, that often means a fairly close facing with a gentle medium to medium-long resistance curve. For me, double lip is easy on a Vandoren M13, a Fobes CWF, or a MoBa C and much more taxing and painful on longer, more open facings such as the CL4 and 5 and the M30. Shorter, more open facings, with brighter resistance curves, like the Vandoren 5RV and the B45, also make me pinch more.
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