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Re: Long vs. Medium-Long Facing length

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-04-19 15:38

I'm using a Vandoren M30/13 88 Beak (enough identifying digits?).

Fred's right about having to take a whole lot of mouthpiece into your mouth to get your lower lip on the fulcrum. Recent advice from this BB suggests stuffing the horn into your mouth until open G squeaks to find out how much mouthpiece you should be playing. I stop often and do that because I have a tendency to revert to my familiar "shallow" bite. If I don't have enough mouthpiece in my mouth, the altissimo is very difficult.

While the jury is still out (I'm not very competent), I have trouble reaching cleanly into the altissimo register, and my alti notes stick out relative to their clarion neighbors (Kroepsch exercises).

I'm amazed that the altissimo tone color don't sound that much different (using my new recorder/mic); but they make every crossing of the upper break intimidating.

I am seriously considering having an M30 re-layed by someone who thinks that s/he can make one of these respond easier.

Bob Phillips

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