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Re: How to "darken" your sound

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2008-01-23 23:55

I agree with all the above, except for the comment on chocolate. I do want to stress though that I found that the reed strength isn't a "you need x strength of reed or stronger" type scenario. Certain mouthpieces require certain reed strengths to bring out their best. I can throw a 5 reed on my mouthpiece and gain strength to play it, but I've found that a reed between 3.5 and 4 (I take a 4 and shave it down VERY slightly while balancing it) brings out all sorts of colors. I can make it sound very dark, or I can make it sound bright and happy. With same reed. I've had a great mouthpieces that required a vandoren v12 size 5 on it. And I had to use a reed cutter to 'clip' the size 5 to make it stiffer. And at the SAME time, I tried and bought another mouthpiece that anything harder than a 3 felt like I was strapping a 2x4 on the mouthpiece. I couldn't get anything but the rush of air to pass through.

Also, like it was said a couple times above, if you don't do it already, try having a nice and loose embouchure with maybe the same or thinner reed. If it hasn't been mentioned already (I got a little lazy and skimmed instead of read), try using a double lip embouchure to see if you're using too much pressure. If you're using way too much pressure, your top lip will hurt when you try double lip from your teeth pressing into it. If you have a nice light embouchure, it shouldn't hurt (maybe VERY slightly, but you'll be able to play with it).

Alexi

US Army Japan Band

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