charliepar
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I've been playing for 2 years and I bought 2 MPCs: a Runyon Custom #6 and a vintage Carl Fischer Steel Ebonite. My old MPC is a Hite Premiere (This a begginer student MPC).
I do not have pitch issues or squeaks using either of them. I can play every note using both of them.
The issue is: I like to play using the vintage one, but it's extremely closed. I'm using a #3.5 reed and I can play for an hour and I don't get tired. Using the Runyon, I get tired after 30 minutes of playing (using an #2,5 reed) and I make more fingering mistakes while practicing. I guess I'm paying more attention to my embouchure when I'm playing the more open MPC.
At this moment, I don't have the money to buy another mouthpiece (I'd like a Selmer s90/180). My vintage MPC is smaller and I will have to sand some cork from the neck in order to play in tune; so I have to choose one and stick to it for some months.
My question is if an extremely closed mouthpiece affect my embouchure development.
I do not have pitch issues or squeaks using either of them. I can play every note using both of them.
The issue is: I like to play using the vintage one, but it's extremely closed. I'm using a #3.5 reed and I can play for an hour and I don't get tired. Using the Runyon, I get tired after 30 minutes of playing (using an #2,5 reed) and I make more fingering mistakes while practicing. I guess I'm paying more attention to my embouchure when I'm playing the more open MPC.
At this moment, I don't have the money to buy another mouthpiece (I'd like a Selmer s90/180). My vintage MPC is smaller and I will have to sand some cork from the neck in order to play in tune; so I have to choose one and stick to it for some months.
My question is if an extremely closed mouthpiece affect my embouchure development.