[TPIN] Lead Mouthpeices

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Andrew - I think it also depends on where you are in your development.  How 
old are you?  How many years playing?  

For someone younger (high school, and younger), I think it's best to do the 
bulk of your practicing and playing on something close to a Bach "C" cup, 
(7C, 3C, 1.5C) switching to a shallower (and louder) piece for lead playing - 
and/or to "gear up" for that work.  (I make a distinction between shallower 
and louder, because while a shallower piece will tend to brighten up the 
sound, other things influence the sound - in particular as it affects 
commercial/lead work - like backbore, size of the drill etc).  One noted 
teacher and player in the NYC area plays a Bach 1.25 C most of the time, and 
switches to a Purviance mouthpiece for louder commercial work).

That being said, I've known some really fine players who went through ALL of 
their developmental years playing on fairly small, shallow Bob Reeves 
mouthpieces - and they turned into beautiful lead players.  



On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:57:45 -0600, Daniel,John wrote
> Andrew,
> If your range and endurance is weak on a 5C, a "lead" 
> mouthpiece isn't going to help that much.  However, the 
> right mouthpiece could help you just enough to make the 
> difference, provided you are also willing to practice 
> productively.
> John
> 
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:32:17 -0700
>   "Andrew Stewart" <ghoulfish at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, Hi
> > I'm not as experienced as most of the players on TPIN, 
> >still in HS having
> > played for 6 years now. This is the 3rd year I've been 
> >playing lead and I'm
> > finding that the music has become much more demanding on 
> >my chops. I was
> > never a High range player.
> > 
>