Jules
Formerly known as "nachoman"
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Ok- Curved vs straight soprano saxes- everyone’s got a view on this. Mr Thomas and a few others have flagged the difference that it's harder working the high notes on curved horns ( though my curved has a positively floor-shaking response at the bottom end.. I also have a 6 week old baby with similar traits!).
Now- I’ve been doing a bit of experimenting with this- by default the mouthpiece of my soprano fits into the gob at quite a steep angle &, for me at least, the response up on the palm keys seems to improve noticeably when the sax is tipped up. The tendency is to hold the body vertically- like an alto, but if it’s closer to 10 or 15 degrees- closer to the angle you’d hold a straight soprano- the consistency of tone seems to improve…. Or am I kidding myself.
So what this boils down to is – is the difference in response of a curved sop innate to the design of the sax or is it a product of the way it tends to be held….?
Now- I’ve been doing a bit of experimenting with this- by default the mouthpiece of my soprano fits into the gob at quite a steep angle &, for me at least, the response up on the palm keys seems to improve noticeably when the sax is tipped up. The tendency is to hold the body vertically- like an alto, but if it’s closer to 10 or 15 degrees- closer to the angle you’d hold a straight soprano- the consistency of tone seems to improve…. Or am I kidding myself.
So what this boils down to is – is the difference in response of a curved sop innate to the design of the sax or is it a product of the way it tends to be held….?