SansSax
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Granted, I'm a novice - I've had my YTS62 for about a year now and I play in a community band once a week.
During the past year that I have been playing I have been happy with my progress and after having had my sax serviced the low notes were always right there and really used to resonate.
Quite suddenly (well, it felt like it) the sax seems harder and harder to play. It's like I've hit a long snake (snakes and ladders) and slid right back to square No.1. I'm squeaking and squawking like crazy again and the sax is so hard to blow it feels like it is full of stuffing. I've tried new reeds, harder reeds, softer reeds etc. - same problem.
I was convinced there was something wrong with it (a major leak or something) so took it in for a service but they could find nothing wrong.
I do about 15 mins of mouthpiece exercises every day on my way to work in the car (I have a Silencer mouthpiece mute - wonderful thing!!) and have felt my embouchure muscles strengthening. I try and get in a couple of practices a week between band practice too.
I'm stumped!! Is this something that happens? Do I just keep at it and work my way through it?
Any advice or comments will be most welcome - thanks.
During the past year that I have been playing I have been happy with my progress and after having had my sax serviced the low notes were always right there and really used to resonate.
Quite suddenly (well, it felt like it) the sax seems harder and harder to play. It's like I've hit a long snake (snakes and ladders) and slid right back to square No.1. I'm squeaking and squawking like crazy again and the sax is so hard to blow it feels like it is full of stuffing. I've tried new reeds, harder reeds, softer reeds etc. - same problem.
I was convinced there was something wrong with it (a major leak or something) so took it in for a service but they could find nothing wrong.
I do about 15 mins of mouthpiece exercises every day on my way to work in the car (I have a Silencer mouthpiece mute - wonderful thing!!) and have felt my embouchure muscles strengthening. I try and get in a couple of practices a week between band practice too.
I'm stumped!! Is this something that happens? Do I just keep at it and work my way through it?
Any advice or comments will be most welcome - thanks.