I don't have any advice as to the mouthpiece, but BE SURE that the placement of the mouthpiece on the lips is for the horn embouchure and not the trumpet. 2/3 upper lip....1/3 lower lip. Trumpet is usually the opposite... Or at least it used to be. See the Farkas book if one is available.
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 1:31:17 PM Subject: [Hornlist] mouthpiece question Any advice from listers on this question asked of me: Is there any standard trumpet mouthpiece that would be a better choice for a 9yr-old beginning trumpet player thinking of switching to horn in a few years? _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
