Extremes should be avoided whenever possible. This does not mean that everyone should use an average size mouthpiece, but an average size should be the most common one for beginners.
Excessive experimentation on the part of the player should be avoided; yet all players will benefit from careful thinking and trials on different mouthpieces.
It was in the 50’s that players began to move to mouthpieces with larger inside diameters. Herseth told me that he went large as a way of avoiding the scar tissue he had from the automobile accident he had in the early 50’s which severely injured his chops. For what ever reason, orchestral players in Boston and New York also began to go larger as well. Perha
Yamaha 14a4a Lead Trumpet Mouthpiece
schilke mouthpiece
greg black mouthpiece
This is a standard mouthpiece to explore stage work, lead playing, rock music, pop or jazz band or any kind of music where you want the trumpet to ‘cut’ through a group. It has a VERY bright sound and is designed to play in the upper register. The smallest size cup (size ‘a’) makes playing in the upper register much easier, it has the nice cushion rim for the lips (size ‘4’) and the smaller ‘tight’ (size ‘a’) backbore will give you that extra push needed for the upper register. This is also a fine mouthpiece for 2nd part player in a jazz/rock group. Order this mouthpieceps it was due to the size of orchestras getting larger and louder. I am not sure.
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