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Curved neck or straight neck for the high notes..... ???
Whatever's most comfortable - shouldn't make any difference.
Curved neck or straight neck for the high notes..... ???
This is exactly what i tried to tell a new member not so very long ago......only to be shot down in flames! so this time around i'm keeping quiet!It doesn't matter what you stick on a sop or even what sop you've got, you still have to play it in tune. Same with any woodwind instrument - but the smaller they are the harder you have to try.
Although I have found no documentary evidence to support my theory, I am certain in my own mind that the soprano was invented to allow saxophonists (in the unlikely event that they should wish to do so) to be just as obnoxious as trumpet players.
I find that although a top F on soprano is a beast to play nicely, if it's reasonably in tune on your instrument (good luck with that), then as soon as I add some bend or vib the note can change easily up a semitone or down half a dozen. If I hadn't done all the work on that flexibility it would be easier to keep the note basically where it is so once you do get into being able to embouchurise the pitch up and down, you also need to develop a fine ear.
And for some reason, those pitches right up there are sometimes harder to hear how in tune they are(n't)