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 Re: New Selmer Bass Clarinet Mouthpieces
Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date:   2021-07-12 18:09

I appreciate when a mouthpiece isn't too "air consuming" (not necessarily equal of being "resistant"), which allows for longer phrases.

About a year ago I tried out the Vandoren BD5 (tip opening 1.87mm), Selmer Focus (1.90mm) and Vandoren B40 (1.93mm) mouthpieces.

Surprisingly, the least air consuming of these turned out to be the one with the largest tip opening - the B40.

For my test I used the well known bass clarinet excerpt from the second movement of the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, where the slowest speed I could manage through the entire excerpt with one single breath was 66 bpm - which was with the B40. At that speed I still had 4 bars left with the BD5 and 6 bars with the Focus, when I was forced to take a breath.

I used different reeds to get the reed strength felt during playing equal (on the BD5 and Focus the same reed felt equal, but the B40 needed a slightly softer one to be on par).

The real tempo of this excerpt is of course faster, but even at a very high tempo of 126 bpm I couldn't get completely through it with the Focus (minimum tempo with the BD5 and a single breath was 76 bpm).

These results reminded me about how much other factors apart from just tip openings, such as facing length and interior design, are affecting how "air consuming" a certain mouthpiece is.

Otherwise, a strength of the Focus on my bass (an old Leblanc low C model 330) was better tuning and tone in the altissimo, which was sharp and thinner with the B40.

Years ago I tried also the Vandoren B50, but for me it was way too air consuming - but I certainly believe one can get a lot of power out of it.
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