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Hi my name is allen stalker, i just started playing jazz this year, but i have been playing the trumpet for 5 yeaers. I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a moutipiece for playing jazz. I already have a 7C. PLEASE REPLY!!
Hi, I also have a 7C but for jazz I often use a Denis Wick 3E, its shallow and needs a lot of air, but can open up a high register. Good if you need a ridiculously high note. Otherwise, use the deepest one you can in order to build lip strength!
Stephen
Stephen
| QUOTE (apyankeefan @ Sep 16 2004, 08:52 PM) |
| Hi my name is allen stalker, i just started playing jazz this year, but i have been playing the trumpet for 5 yeaers. I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a moutipiece for playing jazz. I already have a 7C. PLEASE REPLY!! |
maby a 1C of any make - im not sure on makes i play 3C although my jazz teacher says for more higher rande get the 1C
hi
When i first started to play jazz i was playing on your standard 7c mouthpiece. but once i started playing in the higher ranges i bought a denis wick 4x mouthpiece. its good for playing in the high range without getting tired but it can take the depth out of your tone.
my suggestion is to go a little shallower in depth and see how that feels. it takes a bit to get used to a change in mouthpiece. i find some mouthpieces work for some and others don't.
another option if you want the challenge is to build your lip up to being able to do it on your current mouthpiece
jaime
When i first started to play jazz i was playing on your standard 7c mouthpiece. but once i started playing in the higher ranges i bought a denis wick 4x mouthpiece. its good for playing in the high range without getting tired but it can take the depth out of your tone.
my suggestion is to go a little shallower in depth and see how that feels. it takes a bit to get used to a change in mouthpiece. i find some mouthpieces work for some and others don't.
another option if you want the challenge is to build your lip up to being able to do it on your current mouthpiece
jaime
Allen,
I've been playing cornet for a little bit longer than you altogether (after a break of over 20 years). I bought a trumpet about a year ago, and became interested in playing jazz last October, so I'm pretty similar to you in some respects.
I've asked myself the same question as you have done here, but was aware that the subject of mouthpieces is a real minefield.
What is it that you want this mouthpiece to do exactly? The replies here all centre on higher pitch being the goal. It seems to be that smaller, shallower mouthpiece does make the upper range easier to reach, but probably at the expense of tone quality and ease of getting low pitches (improving as you become accustomed and your embouchure develops), especially if the shift is a big one..
One of my trumpets came with a Callet Solo mouthpiece (small and shallow). It felt very comfortable but I found it impossible to play as my lips kept on collapsing against the inside cutting out the tone. After a change of mouthpiece to a GR64MS (a bit smaller and shallower than my previous one - and a comfortable switch) and a few months of development excercises from 'The Balanced Embouchure' I tried the Callet mouthpiece again and found it much easier to play.
The point I'm trying to make here is it seems to make sense to me when I hear of gradual reduction of mouthpiece size coupled with embouchure development excercises being the way forward.
Have you got access to any other mouthpieces to try out? Buying one on a recommendation from a forum can be a bit risky.
Are you planning on doing the AB Jazz Trumpet exams?
Regards,
Mark.
I've been playing cornet for a little bit longer than you altogether (after a break of over 20 years). I bought a trumpet about a year ago, and became interested in playing jazz last October, so I'm pretty similar to you in some respects.
I've asked myself the same question as you have done here, but was aware that the subject of mouthpieces is a real minefield.
What is it that you want this mouthpiece to do exactly? The replies here all centre on higher pitch being the goal. It seems to be that smaller, shallower mouthpiece does make the upper range easier to reach, but probably at the expense of tone quality and ease of getting low pitches (improving as you become accustomed and your embouchure develops), especially if the shift is a big one..
One of my trumpets came with a Callet Solo mouthpiece (small and shallow). It felt very comfortable but I found it impossible to play as my lips kept on collapsing against the inside cutting out the tone. After a change of mouthpiece to a GR64MS (a bit smaller and shallower than my previous one - and a comfortable switch) and a few months of development excercises from 'The Balanced Embouchure' I tried the Callet mouthpiece again and found it much easier to play.
The point I'm trying to make here is it seems to make sense to me when I hear of gradual reduction of mouthpiece size coupled with embouchure development excercises being the way forward.
Have you got access to any other mouthpieces to try out? Buying one on a recommendation from a forum can be a bit risky.
Are you planning on doing the AB Jazz Trumpet exams?
Regards,
Mark.
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