MelodicaWorld

Personally I only play with the hose since it lets me play with two hands. Some folks do manage to play two handed trumpet-style, with one hand playing upside down, but even at best it’s very difficult to get the full flexibility of piano-style playing. The most significant drawback of playing piano-style is that you usually have to be sitting to…Read more

I love the portability of playing with the mouthpiece – you can walk around! It also forces you to get used to knowing where the keys are without using your eyes, which is very handy

I checked it and it’s not the case. With no keys pressed no air is coming out.

My only other musical background is in Viola, and I like the extra ease of breath control that comes with the mouthpiece as well as much easier cleaning. I do use both on everything other than my Andes 25f, where I prefer to blow directly into the instrument without a mouthpiece because of how important precise breath control is. Also some of my…Read more

Also could the water key be not closing properly?