Author: willow129q
Date: 2015-03-24 16:20
God I am frustrated!!
OK so I used to have a Vandoren CL4, and it was really really sharp. I just learned recently on here that Vandoren made an "American" version of this mouthpiece - Series 13 Cl4s, that are standard American tuning. Excellent! I special ordered one on woodwindbrasswind.
I've been playing it - I do think it feels a little different, it's a bigger sound and maybe a tiny bit more open. Overall though it's good enough, I'm tired of the mouthpiece hunt. My intonation is MUCH better. (except I'm flat on my E, concert D, is that normal? I can't remember anymore! I've been sharp so much, anyways)
The thing is, I've been squeaking SO BADLY now. It's really frustrating. I've tried all the different reeds in my box, thought it was weird that they all suddenly turned bad at the same time, tried a new box, still squeaking. It's that kind of squeaking that I think of as "chipping", right at the beginning of the note. I've had two gigs and squeak squeak squeak, it's utterly embarrassing and I can't figure out what to do to fix it.
Is it my tonguing? Is it the new mouthpiece and I need to get used to it? Am I using the wrong reeds (Vandoren blue box 3.5), is the mouthpiece a dud?
HAAALLLPP
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