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Ed Kennedy
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 Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:36 am Post subject: Re: What mouthpiece |
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| Claude1949 wrote: | | The question is silly because I may use "X" mouthpiece but it may NOT work for you because your embouchure, teeth, etc. ARE NOT THE SAME!!! |
LIKE SHOES, eh? |
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giakara
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 4:22 am Post subject: |
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When I have to play salsa I use my Reeves P10 with 43W rim and my Lawler TL5-1A.
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B. Scriver
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:00 am Post subject: |
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You have to play what fits you. For instance, if you play a Bach 1 1/2C for everything, and then pop in a Shew 1, you may bottom out all over the place. Sure you may be able to pinch out a semi-tome higher but if you are missing articulations, what good is it?
Experiment and play test intelligently. You have to find the alpha angle that works for you and the cup volume. Keep in mind that cup volume is relative to the amount of lip that you engage into the cup. If you engage a lot of lip, then a larger volume cup, ends up being quite small when playing. A shallower cup can work for those who do not engage a lot of lip.
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Player 1 engages a fair amount of lip but has a medium cup. He or she has X amount of cup volume left over.
Player 2 engages a very small amount of lip but uses a shallow cup. He or she also has X amount of volume left over; the same amount.
This is just a simple explanation. Bottom line is that the player, horn, and mouthpiece all must match. Oh and I use a GR Primal 62, the same mouthpiece that GR designed for me over 20 years ago.
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TrpPro
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:05 am Post subject: |
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Listen to salsa trumpet players who's sound you like and then emulate them.
My experience has been that the mouthpiece usually needs to be on the shallow side
I think this is a pretty good sound for salsa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOOM4MZSxg
trumpet solos at 1:13 and 2:13 |
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falado
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| TrpPro wrote: | Listen to salsa trumpet players who's sound you like and then emulate them.
My experience has been that the mouthpiece usually needs to be on the shallow side
I think this is a pretty good sound for salsa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOOM4MZSxg
trumpet solos at 1:13 and 2:13 |
This, but don't overthink the mouthpiece. I feel what ever gives you a good lead sound. I played some Salsa gigs years ago and just kept it on my lead equipment. I worried more about playing right notes as the arranger for the group wrote by hand and it was chicken scratching. Seat of the pants playing with guess work in rehearsals. I went through a couple pencils. A few years ago I got to play the 1st book for a local production of In The Heights. Just used my lead setup and it was fine. My setup back then was a Stomvi Flex S13A VR Vs into a Wild Thing. I've since changed to a Stomvi (Reeves) VR, VRII bell, a Curry 3C or 3BC mouthpiece. If I need to play extreme lead I still have my Flex S13A in the case.
Dave
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