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alto saxophone?
Q: so im trying to learn the alto sax after playing clarinet for about 5 years. i dont know if im messing up the embouchure or what but i cant get any low notes out...
so basically i dont know anything about saxophone..any advice would be great....please
A: You are most likely messing up the embouchure. The clarinet uses a very tight embouchure, while the saxophone is much looser. If you were to picture the center of your sound and the embouchure in relation to that with tighter at top and looser at bottom,
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Aizen Jazz Master 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece | Steve Neff Music Blog
This is a new Aizen Jazz Master mouthpiece that I received in the mail last week. It is a 7 tip opening. If you follow my blog regularly, then you might remember that I reviewed the very first limited edition Aizen sax mouthpiece when it first came out a few years ago. Since then, they have been a busy company and came out with a few more models. They now have the NY Jazz, the Jazz Master and the SO mouthpiece. I was curious as how these play compared to my first Aizen I had years ago so I asked to review these.
Aizen Jazz Master 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece “A low baffle, medium large chamber and delicately-crafted tip rail, with a lot of buzz. A big, husky, dark sound let’s call it the ideal in vintage. And with all the playability that you find in today’s mouthpieces, this is a piece that offers outstanding performance. It has quick response even with a slight amount of air, and the Aizen Jazz Master can hold its own just as well in a modern ensemble setting.”
The first edition Aizen mouthpiece that I owned a few years ago was great but in the end I sold it because it was too bright for my tastes. I was really curious to play this one since it is advertised as being darker.
Like all Aizen mouthpieces, it looks great. The rails and tip look terrific and the chamber and baffle are nice and smooth. The tip is perfectly matched to the Java and Woodstone reeds I tried with it. The engraving and Jazz Master logo look pretty cool on it also.
As far as sound you can judge for yourself from the recording. My thoughts were that it did indeed have a darker sound to it than my first Aizen or the NY Jazz I just reviewed. If you compare the picture below to the NY Jazz mouthpiece you can see that the baffle is abit lower than the NY Jazz. The chamber looks very similar……maybe a little bigger but very close I think.
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