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Re: Trouble Sustaining Notes

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-12-15 01:17

I agree with the assessment above that there is far too much air (grit, noise) to TONE ratio. Though a lot of great players can sound gritty up close and this may even add to the color at a distance, though it sounds here as if the tone production could just be a lot more efficient.

If you did come down a quarter strength between your original post and the recording (which in the Legere world is A LOT), I'd say you need to bring that strength down more than that. Just try a 3 1/4 and see what happens. You can get the same "resistance" by taking in the max mouthpiece before you lose control of the sound. And at that point you'll find every register will speak without undue adjustment.

................Paul Aviles

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