Author: ClarinetBoy
Date: 2007-08-23 05:26
I'm looking at doing some jazz work in the near future and I am looking for a mouthpiece/reed combination. I need one that is designed for 440 pitch.
A bit about me. I am a high school first chair. My current setup is a Vandoren M15 mouthpiece with a size 4 Vandoren V12 or 56 Rue Lepic reed. I can hit an A rather comfortably (not the one just a little bit above the staff, but the one an octave above that). When I'm experiencing really good form, I can hit the C above that by altering my embouchure and using the fingering for the first C above the staff, but the tone is awful and it is too unreliable to ever use in a piece.
My tone seems reasonably good, seemingly less spread than last year's first, who played the tenor saxophone as well. That said, I've never really been exposed to what really amazing high school players can do.
If anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.
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