CJ Winderman

Wanted to know which is better to have.

I currently play on a lead mouthpiece but I feel I take longer to warm up on in the lower register.

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Solar Bell

What is a lead mouthpiece??

What is an all around mouthpiece?

-cw-

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CJ Winderman

A lead mouthpiece I consider is to be one where you can hit high notes with less resistance.

An all around mouthpiece is where you can play in all registers easy and you do not have to switch mouthpieces for playing in differnt registers.

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Never Bb Never B# but always B Natural

40cal

I think you answered your own question.

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CJ Winderman

my question was that I wanted to know which is better to have when perfroming.

One mouthpiece or two.

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Never Bb Never B# but always B Natural

40cal

I understand that and IMHO that is a question only you can answer. There are many outstanding trumpet players who play on basically 1 mouthpiece. I however play on 2, a "legit" mouthpiece and a "lead" piece.

If I had my druthers I would just play on one, but it does not work like that for me.

If you can play the music w/a good sound on 1 mouthpiece then that's would I would go with.

I should point out that I know as much about trumpet playing as I do as fixing the space shuttle.

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Thomas Paine 1737-1809

“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

Solar Bell

From my own experience, and I am a lead player in a swing/big band, I would use one mouthpiece all the time.

I use what most people would call a "lead" piece, yet I am ver comfortable playing low A's, G's and F#'s as the music calls for.

-cw-

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Chuck Willard
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"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
Ronald Reagan

The average response time of a 911 call is over 4 minutes.
The average speed of my 9mm is 1250 fps

When seconds count....the police are only minutes away.

CJ Winderman

Thanks for the help.

I guess It depends on the quality of the sound.

-CJ

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Never Bb Never B# but always B Natural

Bourbon City

I asked that questions to some professionals that I know. I was told many players do have two mps. One is to use as the chops get soft. I like the idea of one mp. I have seen many a panic strickened trumpet player when they have left one of their mps at home. I've been playing so long now that I have learned one mp well on two trumpets. I have to remember only one mp to bring to a gig. My problem is my music glasses. I sure can't afford to leave them at home.

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