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Re: Learning Bass Clarinet

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-11-25 04:58

mmatisoff wrote:

> Would using a beginner's MP help me with this problem?

IMO, no.

What distinguishes a good "student mouthpiece" from a good mouthpiece generally is its price. Student mouthpieces are meant not to strain students' or their parents' budgets. *Good* student mouthpieces are meant to give most of the advantages of a higher-end mouthpiece but with less hand-work and less expensive materials. So you don't in my experience gain anything special from a student mouthpiece. I don't honestly know of a mouthpiece that is explicitly for beginners, nor can I imagine what advantage one could offer a beginner that a better quality mouthpiece wouldn't.

There is a development stage below which a beginning student can't really take advantage of some of the finer qualities a high-end mouthpiece offers. But there's nothing (in my experience) musically or technically to be gained with a student mouthpiece except the cost saving. A better mouthpiece won't throw obstacles in the player's way as he or she progresses.

Karl

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