Author: gwie
Date: 2013-10-07 03:09
I have a student with the same setup as you right now (B40 with a 3 reed) and we've improved his staccato quality by working on the specific tonguing motion.
His challenge was getting a "neat and light" staccato for some of the passages in the Mozart Concerto, and we experimented with various approaches in air support, tongue arch and level, syllables, contact point for the tongue, contact point for the reed, placement of the reed on the mouthpiece, etc. We discovered that he was using a lot of force to move his tongue forward towards the reed when all he really needed to do was push the air a bit more and the tongue would leap towards the reed just from the air moving. In concentrating on pulling his tongue back after touching the reed instead of thrusting it forward, we reduced the contact time of the tongue on the reed, which yielded a more satisfactory sounding articulation.
Assuming your equipment is not faulty or damaged in anyway, I would definitely explore your technical approach first before changing mouthpieces.
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