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Mouthpiece Suggestions?

Author: _j.wa_
Date: 2017-01-21 03:52

Currently I'm using a Vandoren CL5 mouthpiece with 3.5+ V.21 reeds. The altissimo comes out very strained (if at all) so I was thinking about getting harder reeds (4s or so.) A friend told me to try other mouthpieces. I started experimenting with mouthpieces I used to use. First I tried my old M13 Lyre Prof. 88 (still not sure what the 88 is). I loved this mouthpiece because the articulation was crisp and it didn't take much air to make a resonant sound, however the color was very bright and the sound was piercing rather than round. The altissimo was still weak, so I moved on. Next I tried my verrrry old 5RV Lyre and I LOVED IT. The altissimo came out with ease and the articulation was fine. There was next to no resistance in any of the registers and it felt free flowing. The problem is that I couldn't color my sound like I like and it was still bring no matter what I did. The CL5 has given me the most flexibility with my sound up to the D above the staff, but the 5RV gave me the greatest ease of articulation and altissimo. I want a medium between the two. Flexible with effortless playing. I want to try the BD5 from Vandoren, but I want to know what you guys think. Thanks!

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