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Re: Open vs. Closed Mouthpieces

Author: BaconLord
Date: 2019-11-13 22:24

Alright so I just played the B40 lyre, BD5, and M15.

The B40 lyre is free-blowing and has a colorful sound—my favorite sounding of all three. But I feel like I have to work extra hard to achieve good articulation, intervals, playing in tune, etc.

The BD5 is miles easier to control, articulates way easier, and overall playing on it is way easier. But the sound is dull, fuzzy, and weak compared to the B40 lyre.

The M15 is by far the easiest to articulate in, but there’s this annoying resistance to this mouthpiece. I tried reeds varying from 3 to 3 1/2+ and it was still there.

So I guess my question is, is there something that can articulate as easy as the M15, easy to control like the BD5, and have the sound of the B40 lyre? I know, very picky and detailed question.

I feel like I have been overthinking this whole open vs closed situation... I keep going back & forth: I want something easy to control but something with a colorful sound...

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