TonyP
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Hi all,
I know middle D is a problematic note on saxes in general, but I keep it reasonably tamed on alto and sop. On my newly acquired bari (Conn crossbar 1933) its a real problem going up and down. Its stuffy, and breaks up to give a note that is close to A a fourth up. I have had the sax serviced very recently, so it should be ok mechanically.
I have a Link 5 ebonite tone edge mouthpiece and use 2.5 reeds - plasticover, Jazz select, ordinary rico, and the effect is there most of the time.
Should I change reed strength, seek out a mouthpiece that stops this occurring, or just practice long notes more, or what?
I also notice that top notes are fairly sharp with tis mouthpiece (from top D up it gets worse), so perhaps something with a bigger chamber will fix this and the poorly speaking D all in one go?? I wish!!!!
TonyP
I know middle D is a problematic note on saxes in general, but I keep it reasonably tamed on alto and sop. On my newly acquired bari (Conn crossbar 1933) its a real problem going up and down. Its stuffy, and breaks up to give a note that is close to A a fourth up. I have had the sax serviced very recently, so it should be ok mechanically.
I have a Link 5 ebonite tone edge mouthpiece and use 2.5 reeds - plasticover, Jazz select, ordinary rico, and the effect is there most of the time.
Should I change reed strength, seek out a mouthpiece that stops this occurring, or just practice long notes more, or what?
I also notice that top notes are fairly sharp with tis mouthpiece (from top D up it gets worse), so perhaps something with a bigger chamber will fix this and the poorly speaking D all in one go?? I wish!!!!
TonyP