The jazz and commercial teachers didn’t care what equipment you showed up with as long as it worked and you sounded good on it. When I was growing up, there were several choices of teachers I could have studied with - the orchestral teacher would not accept you in his studio unless you bought a large bore Bach and a 1C mouthpiece. Different equipment for different jobs, and different faces! This is one of the many reasons I did not want to live in the orchestral world where people are so focused on one specific horn/mouthpiece combination for no real reason other than “insert famous player here” used it. Also, you have to consider the job that you’re doing - playing in a commercial setting has different needs than an orchestral setting. I sound the same on a 1.5 as on a 3, but have to work a whole lot harder for it. imho, the 1.5C is the pro standard to achieve, with larger being a matter of individual strength. I think pros should strive for 'the sound', and this means working hard to develop the chops needed to perform on a mouthpiece larger than a 3C. With a 1.5C, I have no trouble to fill a concert hall with a 'teutonic' sound. In my case, a 1.5C definitely gives a bigger, fuller, sweeter, greater dynamics than a 3C.
But a 3C will not give the same tone as a 1.5C: if it does, the issue is the player. True, a 3C can give a well-balanced result for tone, range, flexibility. For me, at the pro level, the issue is sound. By the age of 16 and after 5 years of development, most students do very well with a 3D.īut as a standard for a 'pro', I disagree about the 3C being the ubiquitous size. I have yet to find a golden rule for students, but I am finding my students are developing faster when they use a D-cup rather than a C-cup. For students, the key is to provide proper guidance in the choice of hardware: as poor or mismatched can seriously impair progress.
I think we need to distinguish between students and fully mature 'pros'.įrom age 7 to 20, a student will undergo massive changes, and thus many changes in mouthpieces and horns should be expected during the formative years. But I have seen also too many people use too small a mouthpiece. Re locked sticky Jens & Mouthpieces Sticky (Your MPC is TOO BIG!)
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