eliotttanner
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Hi,
Just got my soprano today. I'm playing an Antigua 590 with yamaha 5c MPC and 2H Jazz select reeds.
I know that soprano has a whole new approach but upon playing my first notes, lets just say I wasn't prepared
to hear such an awful sound. At first I felt I was overblowing slightly and couldn't really get any of the low notes
out with ease as every-time I go to play it jus plays the octave above.
I don't want to change my setup at all as I am a beginner on soprano so it's almost definitely to do with inexperience. I have played tenor for 2 years
and it feels like I am back to being a complete beginner again, or actually when I began on alto I could at least
get a fairly decent sound. Also my setup is pretty resistant on the tenor so the transition to something this small may have made it harder.
I'm sure it's a matter of getting use to it.
Anyway I just wanted to ask how I should approach my first weeks of practicing. Obviously this is less of the technical side as it's fairly similar to tenor,
but more just working on the correct embouchure to begin with and then I'm assuming it's the same business with long tones, overtones etc.
I think I wasn't prepared for how out of tune I was actually going to be. Sometimes off by a whole semitone. I'm pretty sure the horn plays in tune when an experienced player is behind it.
Any advice or any links to soprano specific advice would be hugely appreciated.
Thank you!
Just got my soprano today. I'm playing an Antigua 590 with yamaha 5c MPC and 2H Jazz select reeds.
I know that soprano has a whole new approach but upon playing my first notes, lets just say I wasn't prepared
to hear such an awful sound. At first I felt I was overblowing slightly and couldn't really get any of the low notes
out with ease as every-time I go to play it jus plays the octave above.
I don't want to change my setup at all as I am a beginner on soprano so it's almost definitely to do with inexperience. I have played tenor for 2 years
and it feels like I am back to being a complete beginner again, or actually when I began on alto I could at least
get a fairly decent sound. Also my setup is pretty resistant on the tenor so the transition to something this small may have made it harder.
I'm sure it's a matter of getting use to it.
Anyway I just wanted to ask how I should approach my first weeks of practicing. Obviously this is less of the technical side as it's fairly similar to tenor,
but more just working on the correct embouchure to begin with and then I'm assuming it's the same business with long tones, overtones etc.
I think I wasn't prepared for how out of tune I was actually going to be. Sometimes off by a whole semitone. I'm pretty sure the horn plays in tune when an experienced player is behind it.
Any advice or any links to soprano specific advice would be hugely appreciated.
Thank you!