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Jmac
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:28 pm    Post subject: 1.5c for a new player Reply with quote

Question for you people who know more about Trumpet playing than me. (My iPad likes to auto correct me and capitalize the word Trumpet for some reason). I’m a Trombone player starting on Trumpet. I’ve got my 7c mouthpiece which feels like it’s made for a child compared to my trombone mouthpiece (6 1/2a). Im a full grown 50 year old adult by the way. I was able to briefly try a 1 1/2a mouthpiece today and what a difference! The low notes were stable. I sounded so much better and felt more comfortable. I didn’t notice any loss of range on the high notes. Is there any reason I should stay with the 7c?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use the 1.5 if it works for you
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 1.5c for a new player Reply with quote

Jmac wrote:
.... Is there any reason I should stay with the 7c?

I second HERMOKIWI
No.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now that that's been settled, a tidbit for those reading this that are in other circumstances:. I started on a version of 1.5C, (copy by Schilke) found quick success, and as a very small 9 year old was playing above high C with control in 2 weeks.

It can be done. (Trying to determine what is ideal for a beginner is not always so easy)
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:10 pm    Post subject: Re: 1.5c for a new player Reply with quote

Jmac wrote:
I’m a Trombone player starting on Trumpet. I’ve got my 7c mouthpiece which feels like it’s made for a child compared to my trombone mouthpiece (6 1/2a). Im a full grown 50 year old adult by the way. I was able to briefly try a 1 1/2a mouthpiece today and what a difference! The low notes were stable. I sounded so much better and felt more comfortable. I didn’t notice any loss of range on the high notes. Is there any reason I should stay with the 7c?


Given the situation, your main instrument is trombone... sorry, Trombone! So go ahead and play on whatever works best now and never look back. If your main instrument was trumpet then it might pay dividends to wonder about why you can't play on smaller gear and go down the rabbit hole looking for an answer. There is an answer - it's just a matter of how much blood, sweat and tears you're willing to spend. All things considered, it's not that much blood
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

razeontherock wrote:
Now that that's been settled, a tidbit for those reading this that are in other circumstances:. I started on a version of 1.5C, (copy by Schilke) found quick success, and as a very small 9 year old was playing above high C with control in 2 weeks.

It can be done. (Trying to determine what is ideal for a beginner is not always so easy)


By chance, was that Schilke mouthpiece a 14? I played a 14 for a while toward the end of High School, then moved to a Bach 1-1/2C upon the recommendation of a teacher (who like me, did not know that a Schilke 14 is basically a Bach 1-1/2C). And one of my best friends played on a 15B in 7th grade and was taking things in our Marching Band Field Show up an octave on it. Bigger is not always a bad thing!

Cheers,

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In french schools the 1.5 C is the most used by beginners
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For my money a 1.5C is too big for a beginner with undeveloped chops... but that's not the boat you're in, from the sounds of things.

There's a certain amount of overlap in technique such that (whilst different) you're probably in a good enough position to choose something on the basis of what works best and causes the least disruption to your trombone playing.


I'd definitely agree with a previous poster that there might be some benefit to be found in working out why the 7C (which isn't all that small, really) won't work and perhaps working towards adapting to it... but that benefit is probably much more on the trumpet side than on the trombone side, so it depends where your priorities lie.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:34 am    Post subject: Leaking valves Reply with quote

Well I appreciate all the input and info. I went out and got Yamaha’s version of a 1.5c and I’m still having some pitch centering issues. When I tried the 1.5 mouthpiece it was on a friends cornet that was left in my car. The difference was massive. But it turns out my horn has leaky valves. The low notes are hard to control and I have to play fairly loud. On the Cornet (autocorrect caps on all instruments I guess) I can play at a low volume and my low notes sound great. Well great to me anyway. Now I have to take care of the horn situation.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just a thought, but if everything is working better on the 1.5C, that pretty much answers the question by itself. I don't know if the mouthpiece/shoes analogy is a good one or not, but if we were to use that, it would be like asking if you should stick with a size 9 if the size 11 actually seems to fit better.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 1.5c for a new player Reply with quote

Jerry wrote:
Jmac wrote:
.... Is there any reason I should stay with the 7c?

I second HERMOKIWI
No.


And to “third” that opinion, no, use what seems to work best. Which is NOT what I would tell a young student, most of them don’t yet know what works best. But for an experienced brass player like the OP, use what works.

I gave a Schilke 20 to a trombone player friend for when he plays trumpet, he loves it, I would feel like I had to work way too hard with that size.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:30 am    Post subject: France Reply with quote

I was a band director for 18 years, and we always started beginners on 5c's or 5b's, depending on what was the head director's choice at the time. I picked up a very old copy of a trumpet players guide (not sure about the title, but it was old) written by Vincent Bach. I'll have to dig it out. Somewhere in it, he stated that he believed everyone should play the largest mouthpiece they could handle. He went on to say that many beginners in France used 1 1/2 C's, and that because of that, they learned to play the higher notes the correct way and had great high registers, in his opinion.

I'm not exactly sure what I think about that, but I've played a large mouthpiece for roughly the last 25 years and love it. I started on a 7c though. I always wondered what would happen if beginners started on 1 1/2 C's. Just curious. I know that goes against prevailing opinion nowadays, but has anyone tried it in recent years? Just curious.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We just put 1 1/2C mouthpieces with all our school trumpets.

No issues.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:45 am    Post subject: Re: France Reply with quote

Keiths wrote:
I was a band director for 18 years, and we always started beginners on 5c's or 5b's, depending on what was the head director's choice at the time. I picked up a very old copy of a trumpet players guide (not sure about the title, but it was old) written by Vincent Bach. I'll have to dig it out. Somewhere in it, he stated that he believed everyone should play the largest mouthpiece they could handle. He went on to say that many beginners in France used 1 1/2 C's, and that because of that, they learned to play the higher notes the correct way and had great high registers, in his opinion.

I'm not exactly sure what I think about that, but I've played a large mouthpiece for roughly the last 25 years and love it. I started on a 7c though. I always wondered what would happen if beginners started on 1 1/2 C's. Just curious. I know that goes against prevailing opinion nowadays, but has anyone tried it in recent years? Just curious.


Hello Keiths

i don't know if Vincent Bach really wrote this, and where; if so, i don't know when and where he has been in France to see all those people playing on 1 1/2C the correct way, with "great high register" (i'm living there, starting trumpet in 1977 at the Conservatoire)

This rule to put everybody on 1 1/2C, for ID, for rim shape, makes more harm than good. Most of the student are struggling with high notes, volume etc. here and there .
Among those who have been able to get a pro level, how many still playing 1 1/2C or mpc in this ID ?

i think we're going to enter again in the same debate about mpcs, IDs, etc....
If it works for your students Andy, great ! but i think it's an exception or at one point, you'll have to adjust, downsizing

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would just like to say that a 7C was not made for a child and is used by professionals all over the world and is the single most used mouthpiece out there. I own both a 7C and two Yamaha equivalents of the 1.5C and I like them both, but the 1.5C just works a bit better for me. I would also recommend trying out a 1C or a Schilke 24 if you want a large mouthpiece.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John Mohan wrote:
razeontherock wrote:
Now that that's been settled, a tidbit for those reading this that are in other circumstances:. I started on a version of 1.5C, (copy by Schilke) found quick success, and as a very small 9 year old was playing above high C with control in 2 weeks.

It can be done. (Trying to determine what is ideal for a beginner is not always so easy)


By chance, was that Schilke mouthpiece a 14? I played a 14 for a while toward the end of High School, then moved to a Bach 1-1/2C upon the recommendation of a teacher (who like me, did not know that a Schilke 14 is basically a Bach 1-1/2C). And one of my best friends played on a 15B in 7th grade and was taking things in our Marching Band Field Show up an octave on it. Bigger is not always a bad thing!

Cheers,

John


14C2 on cornet, so yes. Went to 15B on trumpet after 3 years. Other things sound better, but that is one powerful piece.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

trumpetman7984 wrote:
I would just like to say that a 7C was not made for a child and is used by professionals all over the world and is the single most used mouthpiece out there. I own both a 7C and two Yamaha equivalents of the 1.5C and I like them both, but the 1.5C just works a bit better for me. I would also recommend trying out a 1C or a Schilke 24 if you want a large mouthpiece.


I was actually thinking of trying a 1c eventually as well. I’ve been using the 1.5c for a week or 2 and I really like it.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bach put a 7C in every case because it was neither large nor small and was deep enough for a good sound with a rim (in the early versions) that had a nice grip without feeling too sharp on the lip.
I know a great trombonist in Baltimore who when he plays a slide trumpet thinks a Schilke 24 is tiny. On the other hand a good Chicagoland tuba player I know switched to trumpet a few years back and likes a plain old 7C.
Use what suits you best.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would go the step of comparing the 1.5C to a 3C.
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