Date of Award
Spring 5-2018
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Music
First Advisor
Jacquelyn Adams
Second Advisor
Catherine Rand
Advisor Department
Music
Abstract
College horn players struggle to find the “perfect” mouthpiece. Students spend time and money in their pursuit of mouthpiece perfection. Unfortunately, the perfect mouthpiece does not exist, but this study is designed to find ideal mouthpiece characteristics. It is the goal of this experiment to give college horn players a better understanding of mouthpieces. Participants were asked to try and score eight experimental mouthpieces in addition to their primary mouthpiece. It was determined that comfort was one of the most important aspects of a mouthpiece. If participants found the mouthpiece uncomfortable, all scores for that mouthpiece would suffer. While the study was not able to identify the “perfect” mouthpiece, this research study was able to identify ideal mouthpiece characteristics based on individual preference of the subject.
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Recommended Citation
White, Brittany Ann, "The Gold Metalist: An Examination of French Horn Mouthpieces Used by College Horn Players" (2018). Honors Theses. 589.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/589