| I've discovered quite a bit recently about the whole flat vs round and how it pertains to me. While using a flatter rim, you are able to use more pressure without realizing it. And after a hard week of playing on my flat rimmed mouthpiece, I was left with quite a bit of swelling and maybe a bruise on my top lip. I think a flat rimmed mouthpiece may seem to aid endurance, but really it just allows you to use more pressure to accomadate the loss of it (i hope that made sense). Well after that week, I realized that I was using way too much pressure, and the flat rim was allowing me to do it. (also I was "muscling" and the flat rim helped that too). I decided to change to a rounder rim, and I started messin around on my GR 65MX. I wasn't using as much pressure, and it seemed to "hold" my chops together better. To make the story short, I ended up with a GR 64S. I had another pretty hard week, and I found I was leaving rehearsals and pep band with more endurance than I started.
I've found out that if I want to make my playing last, and not permanetly injure myself, I need to go with a rounder rim. (this is all just what works for me, each person will be different) |