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Old 04-14-2008, 10:32 PM   #9 (permalink)
screamingmorris
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Re: Playing on new mouthpieces

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Originally Posted by rowuk View Post
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I wonder how many trumpet players have been suckered into buying a mouthpiece because of the marketing lies about range? I know quite a few..........
So do I.

Maynard Ferguson
Bill Chase
Cat Anderson
Linn Biviano
Bobby Shew
Dave Stahl

Those players used shallow mouthpieces because they believed that the shallow mouthpieces helped with their upper register.

rowuk wrote:
“If I only play one mouthpiece, a more shallow mouthpiece COULD help in the high register, a large mouthpiece could help get a bigger sound. These are generalities that no professional would argue with.”
http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/134/...u-35467-4.html (How effective is a shallow cup in giving you a higher register?)

- Morris

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