For anyone who plays jazz on euphonium, do you change mouthpiece for that? What is your thinking? Thanks.
For anyone who plays jazz on euphonium, do you change mouthpiece for that? What is your thinking? Thanks.
Richard
King 1130 Flugabone
King 2280 Euphonium
King 10J Tuba
Conn 22B Trumpet
If I were to play jazz now, I would surely switch to a smaller mouthpiece for that purpose! The reason we play mouthpieces in the 4 range is that we want a big, dark euphonium sound. That kind of sound is not very jazzy, not to mention that it makes the usual range of jazz charts pretty darned unreasonable!
Dave Werden (ASCAP)
Euphonium Soloist, U.S. Coast Guard Band, retired
Adams Artist (Adams E3)
Alliance Mouthpiece (DC3)
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