How to choose a soprano saxophone mouthpiece.
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2024
- Ever wondered what it would sound like if you tried a different mouthpiece on your soprano saxophone? This video might just be for you!
Mouthpieces in this video:
Yamaha 4C: 01:16
Selmer S90 (170): 04:22
Selmer Concept: 05:38
Selmer S90 (200): 07:22
Otto Link Tone Edge (5): 08:38
Yanagisawa Metal (7): 10:49
Tip Openings 101: 2:29
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You are correct. Mouthpiece matters… a lot! Some folks seem to be able to play about anything, we mere mortals need to find a great match for us. I’m a pro tenor and alto player, and I probably searched for a year on both of them for the right piece.
This is the mouthpiece that I play on! I do find it to be very expressive and the shrill factor is highly diminished. I can play bottom and even altissimo on soprano which seems extreme but the bottom line is a very productive piece.
Thank you. Excellent video and very useful for a beginner like me.
Interesting video, thank you.
I've listened back to them all in quick succession and to my ear there is very little between them however the greatest depth of sound, again to my ear, comes from the Otto Link and the Yani Metal and my preference was the Otto Link, appreciating that the Yani gives more volume. I think that the sound produced is very subjective and more important to the player than the audience.
I play a little soprano (tenor mainly). I have a straight Antigua Winds and a curved Woodwind and Brass soprano. I too tried the Yam 4C and found it to be a great mouthpiece but it was noticeably better on the straight soprano. I also have an Otto Link 5 which plays best on the curved soprano. Strange. However I recently obtained a Yamaha 6C (not sure of tip opening) and it is a great improvement even on the 4C in terms of quality and depth of sound and with the added bonus of being very reasonably priced. Again its best on the straight. I'll stay with the Yam 4C for the next while. Its important to give the piece a decent chance before moving on to something else and it can become a very expensive pastime collecting MPs especially when you are not in a position to try them out and are depending on reviews by others.
I enjoy your videos and they have inspired me to take out the soprano a little more often. Its a wonderful instrument but needs a lot of time and commitment and is not as forgiving as the tenor. I need a lot of forgiveness in my playing.
Excellent video ,, keep up
Really super helpful. Just unboxed my soprano tonight (TBH is a frivolous acquisition for a clarinet and alto sax player). Horrendous misery of intonation (yup, your intonation video was really helpful/encouraging). Question: as an alto player yourself, would you see a relationship between your alto and sop MP? E.g. I play my Mk VI (I'm old) with a short shank E soloist. It is perfect for my needs. Is there a correlation between that and what I should start with on the dreaded sop? Thanks a bunch for these videos!. Wow.
Hey thanks for your comment! Yeah, so I think there's definitely some correlation between saxes. Only thing I'd say is, tuning on a soprano is a bit harder than alto, so if you're able to, I'd try a mouthpiece with a similar (if not smaller) tip opening, as this will help with your intonation. In terms of sound, I find that certain types do carry over from alto to sop, so an Otto Link on alto will also sound dark on soprano, for example. Hope that helps!
@@SaxSon Helps indeed. Thanks! My alto Selmer E is a fairly big sound and open - I'll drop down a bit on the sop tip opening. Makes sense.
@@pbirch3298 grab the yamaha 4c-6c and a variety of reed strengths. You can buy all 3 of those for less than a single standard mouthpiece. I found the 6 opening was the best for intonation for me. I'm an alto player.
Which mouthpice is good for supranosax like good sound and easy to blow .. Plz suggests me any one
Equipment matters. A skilled player can play on almost any sax and make it play well. However, a cheap mouthpiece will always sound like a cheap mouthpiece.
After the beginner phases of learning to play I think everyone should invest in a great mouthpiece. In order to find a great mouthpiece one needs to try many out. For me my go to is a dukoff D8 on tenor which I've used for 20+ years now. I just got a soprano so I'm starting my search now.
Morgan hard rubber for 20 yrs. Many positive comments.
7j with rigotti 4 medium
what do you like about the rigotti reeds? I've been using 3 vandoren clarinet Reed on my soprano lately because of unhappiness with sop reeds.
I am actually back to VanDoren Java 31'2 The rigottis have a thinner tip which helps for ease of play but gets a little too bright and thin for me in the upper reegister. I'm a jaaz player predominately so I don't mind the extra work
Mouthpiece is the most important component. You can't select one from listening to someone else.