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checkout the difference between a Jazz Set Up and a Classical Set Up, you have to pick one or the other, you cant have a Set Up that works for styles of music.

check out the yamaha comparison

I agree with everything said, i’ve bought a few music books more in keeping with what teenagers listen to these days, and i found the melodies were too unsuitable to play on the sax, in the end i gave them away, as in my opinion no one would seriously want to listen to them played on the sax.

But from the other perspective, the pre nineties…[Read more]

fail to prepare results in being prepared to fail.

i can’t advice you which type of reed to pick as you mouthpiece is different to mine, how they respond on mine will different to how they respond on yours.

best bet is to test all the different reeds, should be easier for you, as you can just buy all No. 1 reeds without have to work out which strength to go for.

Hi Jeff, which vandoren are you playing, as they all are different in how quick or how slow they respond (the difference between playing a slow funeral song and a quick marching song – onward christian soldiers).

The difference in reed design type will be better suited to either one of those tempos and not both of them, and both reeds will sound…[Read more]

if you want a big change in sound, trying different reeds is the 1st thing to do, don’t just think you have to change mouthpieces.

if all fails, then try a different mouthpiece.

but if you change mouthpiece, then you are back to square one, as all those reeds you tried out will play differently.

then when you’ve found the correct reed for your…[Read more]

yeah the screech is the brighter sound belting out, then it calms down and gets more darker. it sounds like someone having a nightmare where they are dreaming they’re falling through space, a cross over between sad, depressing and then calm.

clarinet reeds are not as wide as alto reeds, you’re thinking more of the barrel shape of the dark mouthpieces being the same ligature size for both instruments.

i ordered two more VENN synthetic D’addario reeds, a no 2.5 and a no 3, i know the 2.5’s work perfectly, i need to try a 3 reed to see of it gets a stronger altissimo sound.

If you’re…[Read more]

That was great, in keeping with the tequila spirit!

listening to your baker street sounds to me overall to gravitate more towards a dark sound throughout.

My interpretation of baker the song gravitates from dark to bright in different sections.
The otto link mouthpiece should be capable of dark and bright sounds. They say on the otto link use a rovner ligature for dark, and a metallic ligature for…[Read more]

hi leo,
watch this video, as i mentioned before you can mimic dark and bright sounds with the same mouthpiece

Day Five – VENN SYNTHETIC REED – Excellent, i can’t believe it, the 1st synthetic reed that works on my Alto. Crystal clear notes in all major scales. It’s definitely a buzzy jazz sound, more suited to jazz than classical. very quick responding and lively – i’m completely blown away. i’ll to order another one to make they are similar.

(Designed…[Read more]

The terms dark and bright is rather vague, dark sounds like evil and foreboding and looks like gloomy dark clouds in a grave yard, whereas bright looks like the sun has come out, the clouds have cleared away and everything around is alive.

Bright and dark sounds can cross over, and both are pleasant to listen to. You can’t say they are the…[Read more]