Mangosaxy
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Hello all!
So, I have been playing alto for about 7 years now, but this past year I've had to switch mainly to bari sax for my school's band. I found that this leave has affected my embochure now that I am back to playing alto and that my old tendencies have come back.
I find myself being sharp in my upper register, and tuning upper octave G is difficult, even if the lower octave is in tune. Additionally, I feel like I dont have much control with my lower lip in terms of adjusting pitch either. Any specific practicing tips or excercises I can do to correct my embochure from bari back to an alto one?
Things to consider: I have switched to a 3 1/2 reed after coming back from playing bari sax. I previously played on a size 3. Not sure if this plays a part in my tuning issue. Also, before I left to play bari, I was playing using a double lip embochure for alto. While playing bari, I did single lip. After coming back, I am also using a single lip on my alto, however I feel like I dont have as much control on the lower lip with this embochure on alto as opposed to double. So maybe this factors in?
Thanks for responses in advance!
So, I have been playing alto for about 7 years now, but this past year I've had to switch mainly to bari sax for my school's band. I found that this leave has affected my embochure now that I am back to playing alto and that my old tendencies have come back.
I find myself being sharp in my upper register, and tuning upper octave G is difficult, even if the lower octave is in tune. Additionally, I feel like I dont have much control with my lower lip in terms of adjusting pitch either. Any specific practicing tips or excercises I can do to correct my embochure from bari back to an alto one?
Things to consider: I have switched to a 3 1/2 reed after coming back from playing bari sax. I previously played on a size 3. Not sure if this plays a part in my tuning issue. Also, before I left to play bari, I was playing using a double lip embochure for alto. While playing bari, I did single lip. After coming back, I am also using a single lip on my alto, however I feel like I dont have as much control on the lower lip with this embochure on alto as opposed to double. So maybe this factors in?
Thanks for responses in advance!