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What would be the best clarinet mouthpiece for me?

I have played clarinet for almost four years, and I've decided that I need a better mouthpiece than the one I have. I have been contemplating on buying the Selmer Crystal mouthpiece, but I don't know if it's a good mouthpiece or the right one for me. What do you think?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: first off what kind of mouthpiece do you have now?? Um i use a 5RV lyre and I'm in college. I'm not telling you to get that one because it's more for clarinet players who want to fit into an ensemble sound. There are lots of mouthpiece out on the market right now. The B45 is a good soloist mouthpiece. I'm thinking of getting a B45 myself just because i play so much in college. Yeah the mouth piece are important but a lot of the times the ligature is what can be really important to your tone. I think you should just go to a music store or somewhere and experiment with different mouthpieces. Anyways i would probably go with the B45 or a 5RV lyre mouthpiece both by vandoren oh and i think that they will be a lo cheaper. As for ligatures get a good one I'm getting the vandoren optimum. Well anyways good luck in finding a better mouthpiece.