I'm trying to find an alto that is capable of wide expression, darkness and liveliness.
Does anyone else feel that a sax can be almost alive, quite apart from mouthpiece, ligature and embouchure?
I don't think what you're looking for exists to be bought. It may be earned with diligence, patience and hard long practice, but even then it might turn out to be a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Since in practice the saxophone player actually feels that the ease of playing worsens if the inharmonicity increases, we conclude that the harmonically of resonance frequencies is linked with the ease of playing. A quasi-periodic oscillation is the limiting case of an unplayable note, The above described experiments are an illustration of the relation between good harmonicity and ease of playing, and an experimental confirmation of earlier statements by Bouasse6 and Benade.7
I'm trying to find an alto that is capable of wide expression, darkness and liveliness.
Does anyone else feel that a sax can be almost alive, quite apart from mouthpiece, ligature and embouchure?
Since in practice the saxophone player actually feels that the ease of playing worsens if the inharmonicity increases, we conclude that the harmonically of resonance frequencies is linked with the ease of playing. A quasi-periodic oscillation is the limiting case of an unplayable note, The above described experiments are an illustration of the relation between good harmonicity and ease of playing, and an experimental confirmation of earlier statements by Bouasse6 and Benade.7
Excellent! So does harmonicity trump the player factor that was winning hands down in the above posts? [ mouthpiece, embouchure, experience etc]
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