What types of things do you all do when deciding on a new mouthpiece?

@marcelopmor3711

7 жыл бұрын

AKCEuph in summary, i tend to choose the one that enhance the higher notes. Cause i consider the dificulty to achieve a good accuracy to this notes.

@marcelopmor3711

7 жыл бұрын

AKCEuph in my opinion, dimensions are more important than the Brand.

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

For sure! Brand doesn't mean much at all!

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

For sure! A lot of people look at that as a huge factor! What mouthpieces have you found to be helpful?

@nicholastrombone9899

6 жыл бұрын

Is it wide and shallow? If yes get it.

"Don't change things before a concert or something important" I have a funny story about that. When I was in high school, the 1st chair trombone player got his tongue pierced the night before concert competition for UIL in Corpus Christi. We were the "JV" band for our school, but needless to say the director was pretty pissed. We still placed 2nd, so...

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA! Wow, I'm glad the results were alright.

Wish more Euphonium players watch your videos, the quality of your work is superb.

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ayden! If you want to help the channel grow you could share the stuff with anything you know who may be interested. The channel is growing though and it is very exciting!

@aydenbran6058

7 жыл бұрын

I'd be glad to help.

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for making this. There are not enough channels out there that speak about Euphonium.

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! Hope you find these videos helpful!

@casper1374

5 жыл бұрын

Facts

@rezalzalahmusic7605

5 жыл бұрын

100% true.

FINALLY A EUPHONIUM KZreadR

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

Aiden Bell hahaha we exist I swear

@rezalzalahmusic7605

5 жыл бұрын

I KNOW, FINALLY

@thehighground661

4 жыл бұрын

There is another named Matonizz I think and he does playing and some tutorials

Aaron, your videos are quite helpful. Thanx a lot to share your playing experiences!

@AKCEuph

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you are finding the content helpful!

Nice job! Very detailed and informative…looking forward to more!!

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

John Barber thanks! I appreciate it. More like this coming very soon 😊

Good suggestions and advice. Thanks much!

Muchas gracias!!

Ive been buying/selling/trading mouthpieces for a long time, and I honestly hadn't heard about Mouthpiece express yet. Unfortunately they don't have some of the options I was looking for for tuba, however they have almost everything I am looking for for trombone and euphonium!

I'm a euphonium player who just used the mouthpiece I was given, i've been playing for over 20 years.. and for over half that time I've been using a Bach 1 1/2G.. which I just found out is a good bass trombone mouthpiece. If I switch to a euphonium mouthpiece like a Denis Wicks SM4, would that improve my tone and range just from using a proper mouthpiece? I never thought about it before because I could still get up to a high Bb with ease..

Wow!! Such GREAT information and advice! I have a 13 yr old son and he needs a new mouthpiece for his tuba and I thought we should be informed before we buy as I noticed there are a ton of options. So he said he has a problem with slurring. He feels like its the mouthpiece that interrupts the slurring-or perhaps he isn't doing something right.? Right now he has a Helleberg (couldnt tell you the specs of it). I was hoping you could offer some advice perhaps specific to slurring.

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

Lily Our Adorable Miniature Schnauzer hey! Glad you enjoyed the video. I have MANY students on that mouthpiece, and what I can tell you is that it is very greedy with air. He should make sure he is using a very focused column of air while attempting the slurs. Slurs can also be affected by the players strength of embouchure and will get better over time.

@tubamansmom7012

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I am a senior who joined a local band about a year ago after 30 years of not playing my instrument. I am trying to improve my skills, am taking lessons and our band rehearses twice a week. I use a Bach 7C mouthpiece, the one which cam with my student trombone 30 + years ago, on a Bach 36G Gold Brass trombone, which I recently upgraded to. I find that after an hour or so, particularly in the higher tones, my lips are fatigued. Would I perhaps benefit from a new mouthpiece? Any suggestions?

I played on the same mouthpiece for 20 years. Never saw any reason to switch. If it's not broken then why try to fix it? But a few years back (getting older) I noticed it failing me, so I started looking. More than a dozen purchases later I've settled on a new baby, but it was a costly search. What did I learn? (1) Only switch if you must (2) What is the configuration of your current (throat, diameter, rim width & shape etc) and what is it you want to improve in your playing? Vincent Bach literature lays out some simple pros/cons in mouthpiece configuration, eg. narrow rim improves flexibility, but fatigue increases. By using this, look at mp options that may help you then contact the mp maker and get some free advice. Talk to people you trust. But don't buy unless you've done this research. You may find some mp makers offer a try-return scheme. Best of luck.

I’m a High schooler Euphonium player but I have trouble playing higher notes, I have a beautiful tone but I need to play a higher range in my region/ try out music, do you have any suggestions that won’t mess up my tone but will help with my higher range I’m currently using a 51D

@TheKidOfOnions

5 жыл бұрын

Well, for me, I just pushed it. I started in what was comfortable for me, then tried to push for higher and still maintain a relatively good tone. I don't know if this is good advice, but that's what I did. I started on the Bb that's an octave above the staff (treble clef C above staff) and then tried to push it without destroying my face and built my way up to the highest note I could squeeze and then made my way down to where I was comfortable again. Eventually, I made it all the way to F (TC G) in about ~2 months. If the center of your lips hurt, you're doing it wrong. You want the corner of your lips to feel sore. (Take huge breaths to support your sound)

@brasschick4214

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds weird but long low notes help as well.

@weluvharden

4 жыл бұрын

Long Tones Maaaan

I need help in finding a golden rimmed 1 1/2g trombone mouthpiece

I was looking for some advice on mouthpieces and your videos really helped me out a lot! I do have a question; when I play my euphonium, I tend to get a red ring around my lip. Sort of like the mouthpiece indent. I'm not sure if it is the mouthpiece itself, the material, or something else. I would appreciate it if you gave me your input!

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

Hey! That "Red Ring of Death" is cause by too much pressure being put on your face as you play. This occurs a lot of times with players who are either very tense as they play, or who use shoving the mouthpiece into their face to create higher notes. What I would suggest, use your air to create the sounds and notes you're trying to make. There should only be enough pressure to create a good seal between your face and your mouthpiece. Routines like long tones and lips slurs, if done with good air and a relaxed player, should help you ease up on your face a bit while you play. Hope this helps!!

@ameliarose7017

5 жыл бұрын

AKCEuph oh okay! Thank you so much!!

Hello can someone help me? I have a question. So i play on a 51 D but i have wanted to change to a denis wick mouth piece what certain kind of thst mouth piece should i get?

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

Cameron Garza depends on what you’re looking for but a couple good mouthpieces that I’ve enjoyed by Wick have been the ultra series (I played a 4) and the SM series (I played a 3.5)

I feel like my fast notes and techniques are very clumsy when playing, becoming longer and heavier before crashing and burning entirely. what should I be doing- I practice speed exercises all the time, but I don't feel like I'm making progress.

@epicninja9303

6 жыл бұрын

It sounds like your fingers are becoming weaker when you play technical pieces. If that’s the case, then you should probably try some finger exercises, maybe try playing up and down the scales at a comfortably fast tempo to exercise your fingers and become accustomed to playing faster. I don’t really know how much as I am still a rather amateur euph player, but I do wish the best of luck to you.

Hey, if I want a warm feeling yet loud sound for tuba, what is the best mouthpiece for the tuba?

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

It's hard to tell without knowing your playing and what horn you are on but a lot of tuba players like the perantucci mouthpieces or the helleberg mouthpiece.

What would you recommend for a trombone mouthpiece with great range and volume?

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

Agent 8 depends on your playing really. On trombone I play a 5G for jazz and a Wick 4AL for everything else.

@ikeeichenberg9068

5 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph I might do some orchestra playing eventually, but for now it's entirely marching band

How about the tuba mouthpiece holton galaxy

What do you think of a wedge euphonium mouthpiece? It says it improves your endurance, range, flexibility and almost everything else. I have braces and I just can’t get better on endurance and like lip slur stuff. So I want to see if I can get a better mouthpiece.

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

Eunjeong Lee I honestly have no experience with wedge. A good tell on if something is of good quality is if you regularly see pros using it, so maybe see who plays on it. However, a lot of the problems you’re mentioning here will be fixed with consistent practice, and time. :)

@mr.starfish4965

3 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph I think Gianluca Scipioni used to play on Wedge mouthpieces, but he recently (within the past year or two) switched to Giddings and Webster mouthpieces.

Im playing trombone and I want to know what kind of mouthpiece I can buy to do more hight notes (I have a Bach Artisan 6,5 AL)

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

So the Bach 6 1/2 AL is already a pretty small mouthpiece which should make for a easier time with higher note playing. The only smaller I can think of is a 12c, but that wont leave a lot of room for good tone. Instead, I would focus on doing things to help your high range, like lip slurs, instead of looking to invest in another piece of equipment.

@paulo-fr

5 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph AKCEuph Thx for ur quick response I will follow ur advices. Ty again

What do you think of helleberg mouthpieces?

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Coles great mouthpieces for tuba! Really balanced for all around playing on various horns. Not a big fan of the Euph ones that I’ve tried. Not even sure they’re still in production.

Do you know of any good mouthpieces for playing really loud? I’m a Tuba/Sousa player and I have a great lung capacity but I’ve always struggled to blast fortissimos during marching band. My current mouth piece is a standard helleberg and I’m really sick of younger Sousa’s out playing me on the field. If you could help I’d really appreciate it!!

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

Derpasaurus Recks hey man! In terms of mouthpiece if you want louder you would have to go smaller but your sound would take a huge hit. I would suggest really working on extending your inhale, and focusing your exhale. Also, lip slurs and long tones can really help build the muscles to help us play louder and sound fantastic doing it. Just a thought :)

@justintime2220

5 жыл бұрын

Derpasaurus Recks i also have a helleberg and I have one of the loudest and best sounding sounds in my region as the first chair tuba player I suggest that you practice by starting with a concert f and just chroshendo( sorry don’t know how to spell) while keeping and good sound and push from the gut over and over again, if you start cracking as you get louder that’s just a sight that you need to practice more, After you can play the f loud( which is the easiest note to play loud) expand to the f sharp and so forth

Those are so cool what the hell

I have played trombone for like 3 years. Would I be able to learn trumpet on my own pretty easy or would I need a teacher? I feel confident I could learn but if someone has experience in this kind of thing I'd like to know.

@isaiahf3970

5 жыл бұрын

Gucci Pineapple if you want to take trumpet seriously you should get a private lesson teacher, i mean you could learn it by yourself, but a trumpet has lots to learn.. (smaller mouth piece)(treble clef)(fingerings)

Taking a page out of Harry Potter for this, “The Mouthpiece chooses the Player!”

So I recently lost my Loud LM12 mouthpiece. Are there any other brands that offer that shallow cup like the Loud Series?

@AKCEuph

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I am not SUPER familiar with Loud and their designs but I do know that Warburton has a huge variety of mouthpieces and they offer component mouthpieces so they may be worth a look for you.

@Liberation822

4 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph I will check them out. What helped me with the darker tones of the Loud Series is the shallow cup...I've never played a mouthpiece like it.

I play tuba, and I have a big problem with playing anything above the staff. Ive been playing on a helleberg mouthpiece for 3.5 years and I dont know whattype of mouthpiece would be good. What would be a good mouthpiece to switch to

@AKCEuph

4 жыл бұрын

Gustavo Salvini so it would be hard to tell without knowing you and your playing a little more. A lot of people have a lot of success with the Helleberg, I however can never get myself to sound good with one. In general if you want to go higher a sharper smaller rim and a less deep cup will help with that BUT I will say what you’re playing on now is one of the sharpest rims I have ever played on. Generally for tuba MPs brands I like the PT series and the Denis Wick Ultra series mouthpieces. Hope this helps 😊

@mauithedemigod189

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have never liked Helleberg either. I started High school with a PT (Perantucci) 90. However, I'd Recommend a PT-50 if you want to switch. Honestly any PT's are good to switch to (not much the 80's and above though). As of now I have found Giddings really really good and helpful for me, but theyre much more expensive. It all just comes down to how you practice and how often you practice. Of course switching mouthpieces, even if you have the best mouthpiece in the world, it will take some time to get fully adjusted. Hope I helped a little! Keep practicing!

What is the gold mouthpiece in the middle of your screenshot?

@AKCEuph

4 жыл бұрын

raulomargarcia it’s a monette bass trombone mouthpiece, I forget the exact size.

do you know any good mouth pieces for marching baritones?

@AKCEuph

2 жыл бұрын

I always recommend staying basic with a Bach 5G or something similar.

@shroomy7054

2 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph thx

Hey in the thumbnail whats the name of that 3rd mouthpiece

@AKCEuph

3 жыл бұрын

Its some Monett bass bone mouthpiece, I lent it to someone pre-pandemic and haven't seen it since so unfortunately I can't give you the specific number.

How do u feel about giddings mouthpieces

@AKCEuph

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve played them a few times at conferences and they feel really good. I had a problem with one making my horn REALLY flat but I’m not sure if that was a one time thing. However, if you have the chance try them and if you get the chance to talk to Giddings himself I HIGHLY suggest if. He is a mouthpiece nerd who knows his stuff!

@wyattwahlgren8883

6 жыл бұрын

I got a Giddings mouthpiece for my trombone, and it's nice. It was a bit on the pricey side, but so far, it's been worth it. Something in that specific mouthpiece makes my endurance go down, but that was just when I was getting used to it.

Waitttt.... aren’t you the trumpet dude on Marcus Veltri?! Legends these says

@kdhd7672

5 жыл бұрын

I meant days*

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

I assure you I am no trumpet dude lol

Is it possible to put a tuba mouth pice on a Euphonium?

@wyattwahlgren8883

6 жыл бұрын

I was able to put a tuba mouthpiece in my large shank trombone. So if you have a large shank euphonium and a tuba mouthpiece, you can try.

@AKCEuph

5 жыл бұрын

I mean you could, it won’t sound like what you would expect though lol

@nicholasneyhart396

5 жыл бұрын

Some old tubas use medium shank euph mouthpieces.

@mr.starfish4965

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasneyhart396 Yeah, some old Eb Basses from the late 19th century take a Besson medium shank. Pretty weird in my opinion.

I think tuba mouthpiece so big more than trumpet mouthpiece

Im in marching band and play marching baritone and my mouthpiece sucks

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At the restaurant, everybody know that fork went in another mouth... Whats the thing with mouthpieces?

@AKCEuph

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, there isn't anything stopping you from trying mouthpieces in a store, unless they happen to have a policy behind it. I'm just saying... A restaurant has a whole sanitizing station in the kitchen dedicated to making sure silverware is clean, which if it isn't the whole place could be shut down for health violations. SamAsh music stores have some dude being paid $8 an hour who MIGHT remember to use that sanitizing spray.

@micpep

3 жыл бұрын

@@AKCEuph well said! Thanks!

Lmao made all-state with a Perantucci for the first time at the audition

i don't have a local music store

I’m old. I want a comfortable rims . Bach bites my lips

420

@CamdenBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Preston Arnold you are stupid

@bruh60297

6 жыл бұрын

Why