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Re: Middle C bright sound

Author: MikeC855
Date: 2015-10-30 05:35

Like Matt, I fight this particular fight on a Yamaha and a Fox. The only way I've been able to consistently corral this issue is with embouchure, and reed condition. Frankly, I usually judge how "usable" a reed is on the amount of effort it takes to voice that C in tune and with minimum "bagpiping" (there - I invented a word ;-) ).

Right hand pinky keys help me sometimes, but the timbre difference versus the D is hard to conceal. Fortunately I have had *some* success on my Fox (Sayen) with the closed C to soften it in certain solo passages where timbre changes spoil everything.

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Confounding band directors since 1964.

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