Download the FREE PDF “Best Clarinet Mouthpieces for Beginning to Advanced Players” from this video which includes links for purchase and price points: tinyurl.com/2n54wa6b
I am so glad to see a mouthpiece review that is not 5 to 10 years ago. I'm having trouble with the lower notes being flat, and hoping i can find a mouthpiece that might help with that.
Thanks, Sherry! I think you'll have good luck with the Vandoren mouthpieces. If you do end up trying one of those mouthpieces out, I would recommend using a tuner to see the pitch tendencies between your current mouthpiece and the newer one. Hope this helps!
Throughout my clarinet studies, i was looking for a powerful tour de force Mouthpiece, which will open up the most resistant, hard to blow, clarinets in my collection. Ranging from Kaspar, Behn, Backun, crystal, Selmer, Master Gregory etc, etc. To my surprise, i came across a Vandoren M30 lyre (13), which gave me the utmost clarity, projection, lead volume.Thus far is the very best, the cream of de crem. I enjoyed very much all your videos You are a great pedagog.
@ivansarkany314 Hi! Yes, I love the M30 lyre as well, that's a great mouthpiece! I'm glad that the mouthpiece is working so well for you! Thanks for your kind comments and thanks for watching!
HI. Working pro and teacher here. For beginners, the Yamaha 4C is the answer. Easy to find, and if the student's first instrument is a Yamaha, which I definitely recommend, it's included so it's also convenient. I'm not a fan of the Hite Premiere. The Fobes Debut can work for awhile, but it plays way too easy for anyone but the most raw beginners. Anyone who's developed any embouchere strength will have outgrown this one....but it works fine for making an absolute beginner sound reasonably ok. From the Vandoren line, I REALLY like the BD5!! It's great for intermediate to advanced students, and can last all the way up to a professional level player, several of whom I know play on them and sound great. The B45 is a good choice for players who want to double on sax, switching back and forth feels quite comfortable on this one, and it plays big and full.
Oh yes, the BD5 is a great choice too! I also like to pair the Yamaha 4C with the Yamaha plastic clarinet for beginners. Thanks for your valuable suggestions!
I started on a Vito II as a beginner, moved to a Vandoren B45, then to an older VR2 when that one broke (i got it used, i was broke). I think im going to go back to the B45. I always got beautiful tone with that one paired with a stiff reed.
Clark fobes = hands down winner for beginner. VD BD5 for pro classical VD 5JB for Jazz And...Mike Dassios makes a line of professional models...as does Greg Smith and Clark Fobes. Can't go wrong with any of them in terms of quality and consistency.
I bought my granddaughter Rae a 1984 Vito Resotone #3, tight with nice white pads. She plays a Yamaha at school, 7th grade, I have her on video on this channel at a recital. The Vito was missing a ligature. So I ordered a J&D Hide Premiere and a J&D Hite Ligature $47, with plans to buy a better one a year from now when we actually know what to look for and try some things out. Did I get the right one. It sounded good to me. We get to try it tomorrow. Thank you for demonstrating it, you are very kind to do that!@@clarinetnotestudio4851
As a beginning adult player, my teacher started me on a Vandoren B45. After having played for a while now, I have come to the conclusion that this kind of mouthpiece is somewhat too open for a complete beginner, and I think you should develop your embouchure a bit before trying such a mouthpiece. I think the mouthpieces you suggest for beginners are a couple of the better ways to go for complete beginners, for something that is widely available and relatively inexpensive.
Thanks for the comment, David! That's a good point. I have noticed with my beginning clarinetists that it typically works best for them if I start them out on a more basic mouthpiece before moving them up to the Vandoren models. I know every player is a little different, but sometimes certain mouthpieces can be too resistant initially, especially when building up the embouchure muscles. Thanks for watching!
Imagine my surprise when you came up in my algorithm! I haven’t even played in years! But I always enjoyed living vicariously through my friends who who made it!
Hi, I found this on imslp, hopefully this is what you are looking for! vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cb/IMSLP527262-PMLP853073-ottolangey_cl.pdf
@@clarinetnotestudio4851I recently found a good M15 but my preferred reed would be V12 4.5+ which doesn't exist. 4.5 is lighter than I like and 5 is heavier.
@@clarinetnotestudio4851That's why I'll get to try also some M13 Lyres, maybe a stock reed strength matches better. I'm using only V12s, they're my reed choice.
@@jimis3167 Good question! It just depends on the player. For me the M15 and M13 lyre feel more resistant to me than the B45 and 5rV. I kept the reed the same between mouthpieces for the video, but if I was changing my mouthpiece permanently I would definitely play around with different reed combinations. I’ve been playing on Vandoren Traditional and V12 strength 3.5 reeds for almost 30 years, so I’m used to them, but I still have to tweak the reeds to get them to work on my mouthpiece. That being said, if you switch mouthpieces and your reed feels too soft you might want to go up half a strength. Hope this helps!
Download the FREE PDF “Best Clarinet Mouthpieces for Beginning to Advanced Players” from this video which includes links for purchase and price points:
tinyurl.com/2n54wa6b
I am so glad to see a mouthpiece review that is not 5 to 10 years ago. I'm having trouble with the lower notes being flat, and hoping i can find a mouthpiece that might help with that.
Thanks, Sherry! I think you'll have good luck with the Vandoren mouthpieces. If you do end up trying one of those mouthpieces out, I would recommend using a tuner to see the pitch tendencies between your current mouthpiece and the newer one. Hope this helps!
you sounded fantastic on every mouthpiece!!!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the feedback!
Really helpful - thank you from an old sax player just starting clarinet.
Thank you so much! I’m glad the info was helpful! Good luck with clarinet and thanks for watching!🙏
Throughout my clarinet studies, i was looking for a powerful tour de force
Mouthpiece, which will open up the most resistant, hard to blow, clarinets
in my collection.
Ranging from Kaspar, Behn, Backun, crystal, Selmer, Master Gregory etc, etc.
To my surprise, i came across a Vandoren M30 lyre (13), which gave me the utmost clarity, projection, lead volume.Thus far is the very best, the cream of de crem.
I enjoyed very much all your videos
You are a great pedagog.
@ivansarkany314 Hi! Yes, I love the M30 lyre as well, that's a great mouthpiece! I'm glad that the mouthpiece is working so well for you! Thanks for your kind comments and thanks for watching!
HI. Working pro and teacher here. For beginners, the Yamaha 4C is the answer. Easy to find, and if the student's first instrument is a Yamaha, which I definitely recommend, it's included so it's also convenient. I'm not a fan of the Hite Premiere. The Fobes Debut can work for awhile, but it plays way too easy for anyone but the most raw beginners. Anyone who's developed any embouchere strength will have outgrown this one....but it works fine for making an absolute beginner sound reasonably ok. From the Vandoren line, I REALLY like the BD5!! It's great for intermediate to advanced students, and can last all the way up to a professional level player, several of whom I know play on them and sound great. The B45 is a good choice for players who want to double on sax, switching back and forth feels quite comfortable on this one, and it plays big and full.
Oh yes, the BD5 is a great choice too! I also like to pair the Yamaha 4C with the Yamaha plastic clarinet for beginners. Thanks for your valuable suggestions!
I started on a Vito II as a beginner, moved to a Vandoren B45, then to an older VR2 when that one broke (i got it used, i was broke). I think im going to go back to the B45. I always got beautiful tone with that one paired with a stiff reed.
Great! I’m so glad to hear that the B45 will work for you! I really enjoyed playing it as well!
Clark fobes = hands down winner for beginner.
VD BD5 for pro classical
VD 5JB for Jazz
And...Mike Dassios makes a line of professional models...as does Greg Smith and Clark Fobes. Can't go wrong with any of them in terms of quality and consistency.
Thanks for the recommendations! I like the VD BD5 too! I’ve never tried the Clark Fobes, but I’ll give it a try. Thanks again and thanks for watching!
bd5 little much closed for advanced players
@@TheTRUEMAN000 too closed for pro? Not for orchestral players imho
hey thanks!
Thanks for watching!!
I bought my granddaughter Rae a 1984 Vito Resotone #3, tight with nice white pads. She plays a Yamaha at school, 7th grade, I have her on video on this channel at a recital. The Vito was missing a ligature. So I ordered a J&D Hide Premiere and a J&D Hite Ligature $47, with plans to buy a better one a year from now when we actually know what to look for and try some things out. Did I get the right one. It sounded good to me. We get to try it tomorrow. Thank you for demonstrating it, you are very kind to do that!@@clarinetnotestudio4851
Selmer Paris mouthpiece.!👍🏻
I've never tried the Selmer mouthpieces, I will have to add this to my list of things to try. Thanks for the recommendation! :-)
As a beginning adult player, my teacher started me on a Vandoren B45. After having played for a while now, I have come to the conclusion that this kind of mouthpiece is somewhat too open for a complete beginner, and I think you should develop your embouchure a bit before trying such a mouthpiece. I think the mouthpieces you suggest for beginners are a couple of the better ways to go for complete beginners, for something that is widely available and relatively inexpensive.
Thanks for the comment, David! That's a good point. I have noticed with my beginning clarinetists that it typically works best for them if I start them out on a more basic mouthpiece before moving them up to the Vandoren models. I know every player is a little different, but sometimes certain mouthpieces can be too resistant initially, especially when building up the embouchure muscles. Thanks for watching!
typo on
M13 ,called a moothpiece.
Oops! Thanks for catching that!
Juuuulllleeesssssss!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! KENNY how are you?? So good to see you on YT!!!!!
Imagine my surprise when you came up in my algorithm! I haven’t even played in years! But I always enjoyed living vicariously through my friends who who made it!
It's so good to hear from you! You are so talented and I always loved your playing!@@kennydreadfuls861
Please anyone have practical tutor for the clarinet Otto Langey pdf.
Hi, I found this on imslp, hopefully this is what you are looking for!
vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cb/IMSLP527262-PMLP853073-ottolangey_cl.pdf
🙂
Volume please
Thanks for the feedback! I’m working on buying better recording equipment. Thanks for watching!
Reed used to test the mouthpieces?
Hi! I used the Vandoren Traditional box of reeds, 3.5 strength. I used the same reed for all of the mouthpieces. Thanks for watching!
@@clarinetnotestudio4851Isn't this soft for M15 and M13 Lyre?
@@clarinetnotestudio4851I recently found a good M15 but my preferred reed would be V12 4.5+ which doesn't exist. 4.5 is lighter than I like and 5 is heavier.
@@clarinetnotestudio4851That's why I'll get to try also some M13 Lyres, maybe a stock reed strength matches better. I'm using only V12s, they're my reed choice.
@@jimis3167 Good question! It just depends on the player. For me the M15 and M13 lyre feel more resistant to me than the B45 and 5rV. I kept the reed the same between mouthpieces for the video, but if I was changing my mouthpiece permanently I would definitely play around with different reed combinations. I’ve been playing on Vandoren Traditional and V12 strength 3.5 reeds for almost 30 years, so I’m used to them, but I still have to tweak the reeds to get them to work on my mouthpiece. That being said, if you switch mouthpieces and your reed feels too soft you might want to go up half a strength. Hope this helps!
Can't tell much difference to hear it. They would feel different to the player more than sound different to the listener.
Yep, I think it just depends on your preference. They all felt a little different, but I think they would work for most people. Thanks for watching!
It seems an interesting topic but your audio is so quiet it's hard to hear you :(
Thanks for your feedback! I will try to invest in better audio equipment. Thanks for watching!