i experienced cluttered up playing when i recently played in a Jazz band – and this is in my case only!
we were given some sheet music to play by some composer, which was reasonably fast. There was certain sections/phrases/bunch of bars, when i played them, they sounded cluttered up, so i didn’t play those bars, listened to the sax’s around me, and they all played them smoothly – the reason why i sounded cluttered up, was because of my poor technique – it would take me litteraly hours & hours of practice to get to that standard.
If i play mid b,c,d,e – and go up and down on those notes – i can easily sound cluttered up.
But like say before – for me thats the main reason i can sound cluttered up, and great players will say something along the lines when it comes to the performance – always play within the range of your abilities, dont try and sound like someone else, just be you, and dont play something out of your range, just be you
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