How a mouthpiece works
How does the mouthpiece work?
The mouthpiece has always been and always will be a mystery.
There are so many thousands of variations, that every small modification makes it a completely different mouthpiece.
My story is also your story
I've been making mouthpieces for over thirty years and from day one I haven't stopped researching how they work.
And you can spend your whole life buying and trying mouthpieces without finding your perfect mouthpiece, and the saddest part is, if you have one that somewhat works for you, you'll never know why, because no one has ever explained anything about mouthpieces to you.
For years (like you) I was lost and analyzed every change I made to the mouthpieces, but I always ran into the same problem.
Why does the same mouthpiece work very differently if played by one musician or another, or if the instrument changes, the same mouthpiece no longer works the same way??
One day, while talking to a Doctor in acoustics, she gave me the keys to understanding how mouthpieces work. It opened my eyes!
!!!!Listen carefully!!!
She told me that for years they no longer worked with musicians to obtain acoustic results.
For example, analyzing the acoustics of a mouthpiece.
The Doctor's words: If we work with musicians, we will only get these readings.
The mood, the mental state, and the physical state of the musician
But we will not have a conclusive result on the tests performed.
If we perform the same test, in the same room, with the same musician, instrument, and mouthpiece, at different minutes or hours, the result will be completely different.
!!!Here was the key!!!
When I understood the Doctor's words, I began to understand how mouthpieces work.
To understand how they worked, I had to look beyond the simple mouthpiece.
I began to understand that the mouthpiece is nothing if we don't see the musician, mouthpiece, and instrument as a whole.
How are your lips, how do you push the air, the organology of the mouthpiece, is it balanced with your way of playing, of pushing the air?? What resistance does the instrument you play have?? And as the Doctor said, the mood, the mental state, and the physical state of the musician.
In reality, I realized that everything was much simpler,
The mouthpiece is a simple regulator.
If it's not balanced with the air you're pushing or the instrument, the mouthpiece simply won't work for you.
When I realized this, I stopped making standard mouthpieces and started making custom mouthpieces to truly help musicians.
If someone tells you or tries to sell you that this model or brand of mouthpiece is the best, they are simply misinformed or lying to you.
(You'll find thousands on YouTube)
Perhaps it's the best for them, because of their way of playing, of pushing air, their instrument, their lips, but is it the same for you?? Certainly not.
If you want to know more, at Romera Brass ACADEMY I not only analyze the mouthpiece but also delve into many more aspects that no one has ever explained to you.