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I have little fundamental on alto sax and totally new to sop. Recently I come across a problem regarding squeak sound in low register on my sop(AW 586lq). MP is yamaha 4C.
I have 3 kinds of reeds, 1)RICO 2.0; 2)RICO 2.5; 3)Vandoren 2.5
1)rico 2.0: very easy to blow. But easily get squeaking sound(one octave higher) below G in lower register at the very beginning of note. Squeaking sound can be gone in long notes. I simply checked pad using a LED flashlight and did not find obvious leak for those big pads (near bell), and the G# pad is very close and sticky.
2)rico 2.5, relatively harder to blow than 2.0 but less likely to get squeaking sound.
3)Vandoren 2.5, very hard to blow, can hardly play notes.
All in all i like the rico 2.0 due to easy blowing but the squeaking sound really bother me. Should I practice with rico 2.5 which largely reduce the chance of unstable low register response?
I have 3 kinds of reeds, 1)RICO 2.0; 2)RICO 2.5; 3)Vandoren 2.5
1)rico 2.0: very easy to blow. But easily get squeaking sound(one octave higher) below G in lower register at the very beginning of note. Squeaking sound can be gone in long notes. I simply checked pad using a LED flashlight and did not find obvious leak for those big pads (near bell), and the G# pad is very close and sticky.
2)rico 2.5, relatively harder to blow than 2.0 but less likely to get squeaking sound.
3)Vandoren 2.5, very hard to blow, can hardly play notes.
All in all i like the rico 2.0 due to easy blowing but the squeaking sound really bother me. Should I practice with rico 2.5 which largely reduce the chance of unstable low register response?