RESISTANCE & STUFFINESS ON SOPRANO SAXOPHONE : SOPRANOPLANET
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A big source of resistance for me, especially with low notes, is pad leaks. Before you do anything else, you need to make sure the sax is leak free, or no mouthpiece or reed will work like it should.
@josephgiardullo7403
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leaks in the horn also throw the acoustical environment into a tailspin. But, when leaks are not occuring, then we're back to the mouthpiece as the source. They can both be happening at the same time, as well. Getting the horn checked for leaks is important.
Why is the mouthpiece - resistance / stuffiness so prevalent with soprano mouthpieces compared to say tenor mouthpieces?
@josephgiardullo7403
3 ай бұрын
I explain it in the video. There are different kinds of resistance. The soprano mouthpiece, being so much smaller, has less margin for error in the manufacturing and set-up of the mouthpiece. Poor or non-existent quality control means more soprano mouthpieces will have significant problems. There is also the cascading effect of these quality issues that cause players to contribute to the resistance problem. For instance, when a mouthpiece has a bad table the reed does not respond easily. Because of that, a player will play a lighter reed than usual, and that lighter reed will "sound" quicker but will also want to shut down because it is, basically, too light for the facing. But there are multiple kinds of resistance that can happen at the same time. Not least, a lot of players overblow the soprano, which can create acoustical resistance. It's complex but easily resolved.
Why do you have plastic tape(?) wrapped around the cork of your soprano?
@josephgiardullo7403
3 ай бұрын
It's teflon tape (plumber's tape) and I play so many different soprano mouthpieces every week, all with different shank bores, so my cork gets compressed. Then some mouthpieces are too big on the cork. The tape lets me deal with that easily. It goes on easy and comes off easy. Otherwise, I'd be changing corks every day or more.
Hi Joe, I don't see the link to flattening tables. Maybe missing??
@josephgiardullo7403
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