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Re: What exactly is a focused sound?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-02-25 07:39

Dan Shusta wrote:

> Are you saying that a well balanced reed on a perfectly faced
> mouthpiece with a wide "A" or "H" frame is going to give you a
> focused sound?
>

Well, the problem goes back to the original post. What *is* a focused sound. Those A frame and H frame (I'm not sure what that is) mouthpieces aren't being made deliberately to produce a spread (unfocused) sound. Players who use them almost certainly think they're producing a focused tone. That there are other players who find those players' sounds spread or diffuse or lacking resonance illustrates why we can't really use any of these words meaningfully that are borrowed (hijacked?) from the visual arts and sciences.

I think an unbalanced or too heavy or poorly profiled reed is far more likely to be directly responsible for dullness, lack of vibrancy or lack of projection. I didn't say, after all, that the mouthpiece *can't* be responsible (or tongue position or embouchure formation), only that the reed should be the *first* suspect.

Karl

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