Trumpet Mouthpiece Acclimation - Getting used to new gear!

This one idea will help you acclimate to a new trumpet mouthpiece. Spend less time searching for new mouthpieces and more time practicing and feeling good about your gear.
To sum it up, a new mouthpiece requires a new air concept. Make sure you don't approach playing on new mouthpieces using the same air concept you had been using with your previous gear.
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[@carlostejeda330]

I'm trough this in this very moment so this video is really helpful. I experienced the first- day -great -sound phenomena before, so changing mouthpieces is always a little stressing. Another factor (at least in my case) is getting a little over excited playing in that new mouthpiece so two days later chops are totally wasted haha. Thanks a lot for this and all your videos Josh, it really helps to focus in the right things.

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Thank you Carlos!! I'm glad these videos are helping you out. Yeah, that's fairly common ... new gear is always exciting and it's easy to overdo it, happens to many of us.

[@MWH512]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Glad you found this helpful!!

[@rogervera2055]

great advise!

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Thank you!!

[@da11king]

This video was recommended to me by the black trumpeter ... I watched and listened with attention. I recently switched from 7C to 3C(I am a beginner) in the space of 4 months. The 3C was a gift so I have to use it 😎🎺. You are absolutely right, I feel the use of air is quite different and even discouraging at times. Feel like the mouthpiece is big and need more facial muscle behind it. Thanks to you, I will stick to it for a full year without switching. 🤓🙏🏾✨🎺 P.s your videos are very well made, I am a new subscriber

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Thanks for commenting!! I'm glad you found this helpful. Steady and consistent work is where it's at - always focusing on the air. Keep me posted with how it all goes!

[@da11king]

​@JoshRzepkaMusic three years later and I am rewatching this video again because I am recently trying a mouthpiece that came with my Yamaha Xeno. It's a 16C4. It's slightly bigger than a 3C for sure. I am going to keep at it😅

[@Trollet532]

I think the "search for the holy grail" is a plus and minus kinda mentality. I've always wanted to try new mouthpieces, this in turn made me find one that works great for me (yammie shew lead). So because of my curiosity i found a good match. But i have tried other mouthpieces in the searrch for the perfect fit, and nothing since the yammie lead has been better (for lead and high register). And now i i type this i realise, this is because i've been playing the shew lead for 4 years!!

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Yes - if you've programmed yourself for years on one specific mouthpiece, your air will be fine tuned to play on it. It may take you a bit of time to really adjust and approach new gear without the unconscious influence of the previous gear. Just realizing it is a big part of the process.

[@johnnyberglund841]

Hi, you are true in what you say! I have up to this day six mp, play on four, but have only two all time! I will by a new soon haha! On my flugel i have a copy mp of Yamaha, and original on my horn most of time, still will check soon for a D Wick mp! Thanks for your thoughts! Ps, Its the same with mu golf driver club! Ds Johnny D Bergh

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Thanks for checking out the video and commenting! Let me know if you pick up a Denis Wick mp, I think they are the best out there!!

[@anthony-ud4to]

Do you have any recommendations for jazz mouthpieces? I have a generic mouthpiece that came with the instrument, I want to upgrade eventually.

[@ronaldinnewmexico1912]

There is often a honeymoon period with new mouthpieces. Sometimes it only lasts a day for me, and then I can't play the darn thing at all after that. It's the craziest thing.

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Yeah, really depends on a lot of factors for some people. I always go back to the air and that seems to give me the best chance of it being a quick transition.

[@frankwcrespo]

This was great. Do you have a routine you use dial in your commercial piece?

[@JoshRzepkaMusic]

Thank you, glad you dug it. Nothing particularly special for my commercial piece - I really just focus on finding the right balance of air speed/volume so that I'm getting a full resonant sound and the clean quick articulation I want - focusing to make sure I'm not overblowing. Ideally I'd play on it every day, that doesn't always happen, but at this point I've got the air feeling memorized rather well so it's an easy switch to what I use.

[@frankwcrespo]

What mute would you use to get the following sounds: Clifford Brown on Delilah, Snooky Young on Topsy Harry Sweets Edison -Harry Sweets Edison. I realized as I ask the question that learning how best to mimic the phrasing of each player gets me closer to the sound.

[@frankwcrespo]

@@JoshRzepkaMusic oh snap! The sound and the phrasing/articulation together make their signature sound! My brain just exploded.