I haven't spent much time with my newly bought Rampone Cazzani vintage soprano but I'm getting the following feedbacks:
1) the air pressure involved is far superior than on Alto or Tenor - must be the bore size
2) the tuning get sharper quicker than in bigger saxes; I'll have to pull the mp after less than an hour of playing - again it must be an issue relative to size...being a smaller horn it gets warmer (and sharper) the faster.
3) the upper register can be messy sometimes and often I don't really blow the higher notes but I tend to "throat" them to improve control (hope most would understand) and if I don't "throat" them I might hit 3/4 different notes with the same fingering - these other tones might be "wrong" if I don't plan ahead - but usually and instinctively I do play higher notes in my head before I hit them - (like in altissimos - isn't just in the fingering)...in general the very high range requires more control than with bigger saxes - or maybe is just that I play the higher range like I'm playing altissimo? Should I trust the machine a bit more (after all this is a Soprano and is designed to play that high) and let go and use less throat? Right now, I trust my "throating" ways...
1) the air pressure involved is far superior than on Alto or Tenor - must be the bore size
2) the tuning get sharper quicker than in bigger saxes; I'll have to pull the mp after less than an hour of playing - again it must be an issue relative to size...being a smaller horn it gets warmer (and sharper) the faster.
3) the upper register can be messy sometimes and often I don't really blow the higher notes but I tend to "throat" them to improve control (hope most would understand) and if I don't "throat" them I might hit 3/4 different notes with the same fingering - these other tones might be "wrong" if I don't plan ahead - but usually and instinctively I do play higher notes in my head before I hit them - (like in altissimos - isn't just in the fingering)...in general the very high range requires more control than with bigger saxes - or maybe is just that I play the higher range like I'm playing altissimo? Should I trust the machine a bit more (after all this is a Soprano and is designed to play that high) and let go and use less throat? Right now, I trust my "throating" ways...