Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-24 23:37
I don't normally suggest new mouthpieces to solve problems, but the Yamaha mouthpieces are "Godawful."
The M13 would be a much better choice.
HOWEVER........
Achieving a FULL sound is a function of using your air properly. A colleague of mine likes to say "you push from your gut." It comes down to actively pushing air with your abdominal muscles as the first key ingredient. Once you get a good air column going, make sure it stays focused by keeping your tongue in either a natural, relaxed position or thinking as if you are saying the sound "EEEEE." Finally, you should tongue by placing the tip of the tongue to the tip of the reed. The real secret to this piece working is that when you are making sound, the tongue hovers just shy of touching the reed, if it is the tip of the tongue hovering just in front of the tip of the reed, the air will be focused at the most crucial point of the reed/mouthpiece system - the tip.
..............Paul Aviles
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