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Re: Saxophone mpc for jazz sound

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2020-10-15 22:43

Niclas wrote:

> So i got a very round and big sound. Works great for classical music, but
> when i try to play jazz or rock it sounds like an opera singer singing a pop
> tune... not very suiting!!
>
> I want to sound like those edgy thin reedy jazz players, you know?
>
> How? What am i missing? Is it embouchure? Setup?

Many clarinet players that pick up saxophone "suffer" from a round big sound (like myself). With our highly trained embouchure and air support the saxophone is a much easier instrument to achieve a full tone out of it.

What you need is a mouthpiece with a higher baffle and a smaller chamber. The Meyer 6M or 7M that Seabreeze recommends is a good start but is still a fairly round and full sounding mouthpiece. Probably you need to go a step further.

Nowadays there are many mouthpieces that give brighter sounds. Just search around youtube, there are many helpful video's. Check what sound you like and what gear is involved. Here is a very good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZZknFrGxo

When you have such a mouthpiece you probably need some minor embouchure changes and softer reeds. As a clarinettist you don't need large tip openings as "we" are able to produce a huge volume out of a small tip.

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