PaulM
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As a beginning player I am struggling to sound more musical in the tone department. I don't think this paper has been discussed here before, but forgive me if it has. While browsing I came across a doctoral paper designed to determine if there was a relationship between the pitch the player generated from the mouthpiece alone and the resultant tonal quality of their playing. You can find the paper here:
http://idl.ee.washington.edu/publications/HasbrookThesis.pdf
It is a scientific paper, but there's nothing too heavy in it. I found it fascinating reading. As a novice player I have to assume the methodology used and conclusions made are valid. If any more experienced players think otherwise, please put me right. I must admit I am guilty of doing some of the things the author says beginners tend to do that result in poor tone quality. If you ever needed reasons to do mouthpiece only exercises, there are some here.
I wonder if Mrs M would mind if I did some random mouthpiece practice/squeaking while we listen to tonight's Prom? Mind you with some of the pieces we've heard I'm not sure she'd notice.
http://idl.ee.washington.edu/publications/HasbrookThesis.pdf
It is a scientific paper, but there's nothing too heavy in it. I found it fascinating reading. As a novice player I have to assume the methodology used and conclusions made are valid. If any more experienced players think otherwise, please put me right. I must admit I am guilty of doing some of the things the author says beginners tend to do that result in poor tone quality. If you ever needed reasons to do mouthpiece only exercises, there are some here.
I wonder if Mrs M would mind if I did some random mouthpiece practice/squeaking while we listen to tonight's Prom? Mind you with some of the pieces we've heard I'm not sure she'd notice.