Jobylou
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Thanks for the reply Tom
Probably guilty of this, maybe from my brass band days - put too much pressure on then to get high notes on Tenor Horn (brass) too!
Going to try and get some lessons sorted out after karate grading over too, so that will hopefully help
This will make you smile - time to confess my guilty purchase - I bought a straight soprano (BW) a couple of weeks ago, tuning issues are interesting, but I like a challenge! Came with a Yam 4C mouthpiece and 2.5 Rico Royale reeds - tuning aside I love that too! Again none of the issues that I have on alto.
With Alto I was using a Yam 4C mouthpiece with Rovner light ligature and Vandoren Blue Box 2 reeds, but the Selmer came with a Meyer 5M, so have tried that along with the Otto link HR 5* that I bought a while back with various reeds - Java 2, Rico Royal 2 and 2.5... All gone to pot now. Was tempted to try a Selmer mouthpiece and see if that made any difference but think I may have become victim to a mojor GAS attack hence putting the altos away for a bit!!!
Particularly when you start on alto it is common to create an embouchure through tightening the facial muscles a little too much, which affects tone.
Probably guilty of this, maybe from my brass band days - put too much pressure on then to get high notes on Tenor Horn (brass) too!
Going to try and get some lessons sorted out after karate grading over too, so that will hopefully help
This will make you smile - time to confess my guilty purchase - I bought a straight soprano (BW) a couple of weeks ago, tuning issues are interesting, but I like a challenge! Came with a Yam 4C mouthpiece and 2.5 Rico Royale reeds - tuning aside I love that too! Again none of the issues that I have on alto.
With Alto I was using a Yam 4C mouthpiece with Rovner light ligature and Vandoren Blue Box 2 reeds, but the Selmer came with a Meyer 5M, so have tried that along with the Otto link HR 5* that I bought a while back with various reeds - Java 2, Rico Royal 2 and 2.5... All gone to pot now. Was tempted to try a Selmer mouthpiece and see if that made any difference but think I may have become victim to a mojor GAS attack hence putting the altos away for a bit!!!