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Old 02-13-2007, 10:30 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Beginner mouthpiece question

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Originally Posted by Tootsall View Post
And to prove that every coin has two sides, Jens Lindeman recommends that you play on the SMALLEST mouthpiece that you can get a good tone on! Nobody here can answer your question without seeing/hearing your daughter in person but generally the vast majority of folks start on the Bach 7C/3C range.

After a while her trumpet teacher (she DOES have a teacher, doesn't she?) will be better able to make specific recommendations based on progress, sound, endurance, etc.
It's funny, but when I started, and even well into playing, I knew very few people who EVEr used a 1, 3 or 7C.

Most of the people who I knew started on the 10-1/2 C.

Maybe Detroit was different.
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