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<blockquote data-quote="richardr" data-source="post: 273903" data-attributes="member: 4277">While I&#039;m on this thread, I&#039;ve always thought the basic rock&#039;n&#039;roll &quot;rasp&quot;, &quot;crackle&quot; or whatever you call it does not depend on special techniques such as using voice to produce &quot;growl&quot; and I was rather surprised that Tony (don&#039;t know his surname) of the Ribble &amp; Booze Band said it was. I&#039;d have liked to discuss it further but in a crowded pub, with the audience mobbing the band between sets wasn&#039;t the right time or place.I used to want to play like Hank Carter before I got sucked into jazz and when I tried tenors, how well they would &quot;rasp&quot; was always an important choice criterion. Anyway, my very first sax is the best &quot;rasper&quot; of all. It&#039;s a battered Grassi which I don&#039;t often play. Last night, after cleaning my TJ, seeing my Grassi standing there virtually asking to be played, I shoved my regular mouthpiece/reed combination on it and gave it a blow; immediately I got a rasp that sounded right to my ears - not necessarily the same as what everyone else hears. Probably Mike has already got this far and wants the &quot;growl&quot; effect but in case it&#039;s of any help, these seem to be the factors that help me to &quot;rasp&quot;:1. The sax itself - my Grassi rasps far better than my TJ.2. Reed/mouthpiece combination - I&#039;m playing with a Berg Larsen 110 - 1 - SMS and a Bari &quot;hard&quot; plastic reed which I&#039;ve filed inexpertly to make it soft enough for me to play. Coincidentally this isn&#039;t too far from Hank Carter&#039;s setup to which I referred above. I remember seeing a mouthpiece advertised on the internet that was guaranteed to produce that rock&#039;n&#039;roll rasp.3. Technique: it&#039;s one of those things I just do without thinking so it&#039;s difficult to describe except that when I want to rasp I start each note firmly with my tongue and fairly blast down the mouthpiece.A word of warning: don&#039;t start spending money or wasting vast amounts of time on following my advice without checking it out first. I&#039;m far from being an expert and probably don&#039;t know what I&#039;m on about besides which you may already be getting the same thing as me and you want to take it further.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="richardr, post: 273903, member: 4277"] While I'm on this thread, I've always thought the basic rock'n'roll "rasp", "crackle" or whatever you call it does not depend on special techniques such as using voice to produce "growl" and I was rather surprised that Tony (don't know his surname) of the Ribble & Booze Band said it was. I'd have liked to discuss it further but in a crowded pub, with the audience mobbing the band between sets wasn't the right time or place. I used to want to play like Hank Carter before I got sucked into jazz and when I tried tenors, how well they would "rasp" was always an important choice criterion. Anyway, my very first sax is the best "rasper" of all. It's a battered Grassi which I don't often play. Last night, after cleaning my TJ, seeing my Grassi standing there virtually asking to be played, I shoved my regular mouthpiece/reed combination on it and gave it a blow; immediately I got a rasp that sounded right to my ears - not necessarily the same as what everyone else hears. Probably Mike has already got this far and wants the "growl" effect but in case it's of any help, these seem to be the factors that help me to "rasp": 1. The sax itself - my Grassi rasps far better than my TJ. 2. Reed/mouthpiece combination - I'm playing with a Berg Larsen 110 - 1 - SMS and a Bari "hard" plastic reed which I've filed inexpertly to make it soft enough for me to play. Coincidentally this isn't too far from Hank Carter's setup to which I referred above. I remember seeing a mouthpiece advertised on the internet that was guaranteed to produce that rock'n'roll rasp. 3. Technique: it's one of those things I just do without thinking so it's difficult to describe except that when I want to rasp I start each note firmly with my tongue and fairly blast down the mouthpiece. A word of warning: don't start spending money or wasting vast amounts of time on following my advice without checking it out first. I'm far from being an expert and probably don't know what I'm on about besides which you may already be getting the same thing as me and you want to take it further. [/QUOTE]

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