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Hy guys!
What are the signs that a mouthpiece is to small?

If air is leaking near the mouthpiece could be one of the signs? (Not from corners, just exactly near mouthpiece rim)
I recently feel my mouthpiece very inconfortable (bach 5g) and i want to ask you, how do we know when a mouthpiece is not good for us anymore?

There are many who played their entire career on the same mouthpiece, so it's not a matter of "outgrowing" a mouthpiece.

Why do you find the mouthpiece uncomfortable? Fixing this usually involves getting someone else to look at you while you play, and see if they can figure out the issues.

Doug Elliott can do a Skype lesson and steer you the right direction if you can't find a person locally who can help you.

Save yourself time and dollars by chatting to Doug Elliott, he will help you discover the best rim size for your chops

Vegasbound wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:47 pm Save yourself time and dollars by chatting to Doug Elliott, he will help you discover the best rim size for your chops

What he said. I’ve wasted time and money trying to figure what I needed. What I really needed was some good advice, which I got from Doug.

How can i reach Doug Eliott? Where to text him?

www.dougelliottmouthpieces.com

Or send him a private message through this site, Doug checks in most days so he may pick up on this thread

I check in here a couple of times a day, so send me a PM.
I will do short mouthpiece consultations by Skype for free, when I have time.

I've found in the past year or so that while a mouthpiece can be uncomfortable, it may work well with your horn. I played a Bach 9 mpc for over a year while playing lead in tbe college bigband. I HATED how it felt, but it gave me more endurance and worked well with my 6H.

And askig Doug Elliott can't hurt since mouthpieces are sorta his thing.

You have a 5G mouthpiece and think that is too small?
First of all make sure you use enough air. Next you form your emboushure in a way there is no leak in your mouth corners. It is a matter of puckerd emboushure rather than a smile. When you pucker the emboushure the mouthcorners push forward enough to seal the mouthcorners and then there should be no leak there, or anywhere around the rim. To use a very large mouthpiece to make everything fit inside sounds like a strange solution. To me what you describe is a problem with technique and not a problem with a too small mouthpiece. If you think of it you use a 5G mouthpiece which is not a small rim and compare that to trumpet players that can make itsy-bitsy trumpet mouthpieces work and have no leaks . A good teacher is what could help you most probably, that is if you have not an problem with your teeth or your bite that can explain this problem to be something else.

/Tom