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Re: Embouchure

Author: EbClarinet
Date: 2019-06-17 01:32

I'm in awe of what you've shared. I've had to lay down 24 hours and then finally come back to comment on what you've shared. You've truly lifted a burden from me with your words!

Thanks for your knowledge about saxophone. I've got to confess that I play Eb Sopranino Sax and I don't have a problem with tuning so bad. Now I've only used a tuner when I was in public school and college. I use a tuner, other wise, when I'm checking to see if a woodwind instrument is in tune, like I've shared, about the other saxophones. I really try to be only in tune with the recordings since I record my playings and post them online. If I'm in tune with the recording and other instruments, then that's all I care about.

I've written a great deal about that curved Bb soprano sax. I traded it in for the sopranino. Turns out that the curved soprano was in the key of A. I'd ordered a straight soprano from the music store but they shipped me the curved. That was wrong but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I really wanted the sopranino, which I got from another retailer.

I didn't know all that about the sax, tuning it and all that about the mouth pieces. According to you, seems like I had a bad reed/mouthpiece combination. I had the mouthpiece pushed in all the way but still 40 cents flat. I tried to lip it up but then I was biting and it didn't change the flatness.

I don't really have tuning issues with the sopranino, other than natural tuning tendancies with the instrument. For the most part, I'm in tune with my keyboard recordings and vocals.

Once again thanks for your advice and knowledge about this.

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