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How can I darken/warm my sound without changing equipment?

Author: McDonalds Eater
Date: 2022-01-27 00:13

So I currently play M13 L with Blue box Vandoren 3.5 reeds. For my natural playing mechanics, this setup allows me to play without having to bite or force. Response is great and I don’t have to “muscle” the sound in order to get it to respond.

It is however a pretty colorful sound, and for me, rather too colorful. For my tonal concept, I want to darken my sound just a bit. I still want some ring, focus, and color, but right now I’m producing something that sounds more like a sawtooth wave and for my liking the body of the sound is too narrow.

I don’t want to go to more open mouthpieces or harder reeds and have to bite and put too much effort into my playing in order to achieve my concept.

I have experimented with tongue position (lowering it just a tiny bit to take off some highs) but the sound spreads and becomes unfocused.

I really don’t know what else to do… any recommendations?

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