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Originally Posted by RG111  Does this teacher suggest that all the players wear the same size shoe? |
Uh yeah, ditto. That's really annoying. Everyone's mouth and lips are different, and there's no one-size-fits-all mouthpiece. The band director should take the time WAY before marching season to have his students really experiment with different pieces and find which one feels the best for them. It takes a little knowledge too, I mean the band director should know that just because a Schilke 13A4A feels good to some kid trying to blast above high Cs doesn't really fit the criteria. Requiring all trumpet students to play on the same equipment just shows ignorance, and he/she probably learned that from a drum corps or someone of the same mentality. Sad. Anyway, the only thing you can do with them over a marching band camp is just to get them to breath and blow properly. Get them to relax when they play and that should develop a reasonably good improvement in their tone quality. Of course, they must learn good posture too. Marching band and drum corps are both fun, but a lot of bad habits and beliefs are born there, i.e. the one-size-fits-all mouthpiece BS.