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Re: Articulation in Altissimo

Author: BflatNH
Date: 2014-08-29 18:22

I agree with kdk.
The problems you report are what I get when my reed and/or setup isn't working. You are working too hard to get notes in that range. If it has always been this way, then I might think of upgrading something. Some of my reeds are great over the break but have trouble as I go above the staff, others will go well to G6 (middle C = C4), and others will go consistently to C7. Balancing the reed in the mouthpiece (rotate left&toot-right&toot a la T Ridenour) is essential to better higher Altissimo for me. My barrel helped my Altissimo as well as the throat tones. Ligature type and placement on the mpc affects the ease of my reeds speaking in certain ranges.
Just some options

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