Reeds Tenor Saxophone reeds

[trimmy]

They should taste of porridge n honey add flavour to your playing

 

[Royston]

They should taste of porridge n honey add flavour to your playing

The honey should give me a nice smooooooth tone.

 

[ProfJames]

You will have a sweet sound

 

[Nick Wyver]

Cane reeds don't like changing mouthpiece.

I'd better stop doing it then.
It had never occurred to me that there might be an issue with this, I've just always done it.
(I assume you mean using the same reed on different mouthpieces)

 

[MrZigaZaga]

Hi folks..Well the synthetic reed has finally packed up after many hours of playing...Around...5-6 hours per day...It started to sound a bit squashed and the response was poor, On closer inspection the film of plastic was separating from the cell..

I had to resort to using a knackered Rico "Select Jazz" 2M that i had soaking in some anti-bacterial liquid..It sounded quite warm and the high register was very silky and had a beautiful tone even when played quietly...However this was short lived..About an hour after...Once the instrument had warmed up the excess moisture had been blown out of it by me..Then it was back to honking like a goose...Although as it was the festive season i let it slide...

I then accidentally ordered a 3.5 strength Fibracell reed which has a totally different tone and response, Yes it should have as you would see this with cane reeds but the differences seem to be exaggerated more by the fact that they are a plastic form...You can blow it as hard as you can in the low register and and its very compact and big sound...The altissimo tends to need a lot more work which is a bit of a pain cos its causing me to false finger again so all I'm re-learning is how to false finger..Which is what I'm trying to avoid doing...However I'm still pleased as they do perform similar to a cane reed and do need a little bit of moisture to enhance their playability.

Cheers...

Happy new year.

Ziga

 

[Nick Wyver]

cos its causing me to false finger again so all I'm re-learning is how to false finger..

What exactly do you mean by this?

 

[MrZigaZaga]

What exactly do you mean by this?

Hi sorry i should of said "Alternate fingerings"..

 

[Nick Wyver]

Hi sorry i should of said "Alternate fingerings"..

Oh, you mean you need to use different altissimo fingerings from your usual ones because of a change in reed?
I don't think I've ever done that - too confusing.