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An update from what I was discussing in this thread (here) which was about struggling to get up to pitch.
Had my lesson earlier this evening. First of all he's really pleased with progress (this was my third lesson and I've been playing about 6 or 7 weeks now). He's happy with my pitch saying that it's mostly there - even in the higher register. Obviously I'm inconsistent especially doing octave leap exercises.
As someone else mentioned he thinks that (unlike many) I'm more aware of tuning partly due to already being a string player and singer and so having a developed awareness of tuning.
He did think I probably needed a slightly stiffer reed (I have been using Rico Royal 1.5) so I tried a Vandoren 2.5 (which I believe is meant to be about the same as a Rico Royal 2). Immediate impression was a cleaner sound and tuning was definitley better.
So overall, good news - thanks to the everyone for their comments and helpful suggestions.
Had my lesson earlier this evening. First of all he's really pleased with progress (this was my third lesson and I've been playing about 6 or 7 weeks now). He's happy with my pitch saying that it's mostly there - even in the higher register. Obviously I'm inconsistent especially doing octave leap exercises.
As someone else mentioned he thinks that (unlike many) I'm more aware of tuning partly due to already being a string player and singer and so having a developed awareness of tuning.
He did think I probably needed a slightly stiffer reed (I have been using Rico Royal 1.5) so I tried a Vandoren 2.5 (which I believe is meant to be about the same as a Rico Royal 2). Immediate impression was a cleaner sound and tuning was definitley better.
So overall, good news - thanks to the everyone for their comments and helpful suggestions.
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