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TySpLo
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Hi, i'm from Singapore and i play in a school band as a trombonist. I've been playing for 4 years and its seems that for the last 3 years after i go my basics right i've went to tenor trombone and then to bass trombone cos the SL had to get someone to save the lower parts after the seniors graduated.
I can confidently say that i love and perform well on both tenor and bass. The problem now is that i'm taking my ABRSM grade 5 in july so i need something to keep the bass parts clean, and that MP has to sound correct on a tenor (with a resonably smaller bore). Currently i'm using a 1 1/2 G on the bass bone and the pedal Eb and Ds come out nicely for "Suite for Phantom of the Opera". The high notes take a slight beating, but i can safely play a High G (i'm not a pro).
So i need some advice on a mouthpiece thats deeper and wider than the DW 4AL that i was using during the tenor days (those things can hit a double Bb nicely i think), but less bass then the 1.5 G. I was thinking of euphonium mouthpieces. Hope you guys could recommended. Thks
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bobsacamano
(158 points)
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You have to treat the bass trombone and tenor trombone as two separate instruments, so you should have a separate mouthpiece for each one. Stick with the 1 1/2G on bass, and a 4G or 5G on tenor. That is the only way that you will get appropriate sounds for each instrument.
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soulfire
(48 points)
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Singapore huh? Thats cool, I've never been there, I'm from NJ, US. It sounds like you're using a bach, if thats the case then you try a 3. Thats about the smallest you can get for a small-bore by bach standards. You can get a deeper small-bore mouthpiece if you buy a schilke but I don't know what companies are in Singapore. What brands of mouthpieces do you use over there?
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TySpLo
(3 points)
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I'm using a Bach Stradivarius Bass trombone, on a large/bass shank mouthpiece, so i'm not sure about the small bore part, cos i thought size 3 was for small shank. Yeah and thanks, i read about 3/4G and it looks good, i might be getting something like that for my exams.
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n0tshort
(36 points)
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Get a marcinkewitz custom. I recomend getting there equivelant mouthpiece to the 1g but have them make it with a slightly tighter throat. That will provide a little more back presure and make a huge diference in your higher registers.
Good luck
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Erik
(166 points)
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I 51D for bass? That sounds a bit small. Actually, that sounds incredibly small. Try a Schilke 58, 59, or 60. Those are more your "bass bone" sized pieces.
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Carter6
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G'day
Go for the Vincent Bach 4G definately an all rounder mouth piece. great upper register and brillian lower register. I used to play the 4G but converted to the Christian Lindberg number 4 which is definately a high range mouth piece. But for what you want go for the Bach 4g
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