Saxophones - Poll: Ideal Tenor setup for slow quiet Ballads? | Page 5

What is the ideal setup to play quiet slow Tenor ballads in a Studio (maybe with some subtone)

Narrow tip mouthpiece (<=6 Otto Link standard), hard reed (>=4)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Narrow tip mouthpiece, soft reed (<=2.5)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Narrow tip mouthpiece, middle strength reed (2.5 < strength < 4)
Votes: 1 4.8%
Wide tip mouthpiece (>=8.5), hard reed
Votes: 0 0.0%
Wide tip mouthpiece, soft reed
Votes: 3 14.3%
Wide tip mouthpiece, middle strength reed
Votes: 4 19.0%
Middle tip mouthpiece (6<tipsize<8.5), hard reed
Votes: 0 0.0%
Middle tip mouthpiece, soft reed
Votes: 2 9.5%
Middle tip mouthpiece, middle strength reed
Votes: 6 28.6%
Varies depending on... please explain
Votes: 1 4.8%
Other... please explain
Votes: 5 23.8%

Total voters

21

Ivan

Undecided

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Dec 21, 2021

Pete Thomas said:
It started as sub tone then transformed to ballad. For many people it may be the same thing?

Dr G said:
It shouldn’t be. Sub tone is a way of shaping a note - a ballad is a style of song.

You can play a ballad with a pure tone or loud, just as you can use sub tone on an uptempo tune.

...and I ended up answering another question, which was, "Do you change your mouthpiece to suit how frequently you have been practicing and playing?"

In answer to the thread question: I have a Morgan Fry 7* and a PPT 9* with which I can play subtone sounds, and which I can also be confident will permit enough nuance for a half decent stab at a ballad. I have some other MF mouthpieces of different lays that can also be played according to situation

I have a PPT9* that has been brightened by Morgan Fry, with which I can play loud but with less sublety

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