hello
I've been working on my altissimo range for some time now.
I very recently sold my old main jazz mouthpiece (Lakey 5*3) for a florida link opened by ralph morgan to a 7*
On the lakey I didn't have very many problems on altissimo up to about A which is the highest note I can hit at the moment. Since the switch over to this florida link, I've been having increased difficulty reaching anything from f# and up. While everything up to F is perfectly fine. The F# will typically squeak out when I switch from F to F#. I can get an F# but it requires practically eating the mouthpiece and significantly changing my embochure just to accomodate that one note.
While the exact same set up with my backup Meyer 7m is perfectly fine all the way up.
I'm a bit confused at to why I can't acheive an F# on this link. I understand that links aren't the easiest mouthpieces to tame. Is this just a side effect of that?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get some more range on this mouthpiece.
thanks for any help
John
I've been working on my altissimo range for some time now.
I very recently sold my old main jazz mouthpiece (Lakey 5*3) for a florida link opened by ralph morgan to a 7*
On the lakey I didn't have very many problems on altissimo up to about A which is the highest note I can hit at the moment. Since the switch over to this florida link, I've been having increased difficulty reaching anything from f# and up. While everything up to F is perfectly fine. The F# will typically squeak out when I switch from F to F#. I can get an F# but it requires practically eating the mouthpiece and significantly changing my embochure just to accomodate that one note.
While the exact same set up with my backup Meyer 7m is perfectly fine all the way up.
I'm a bit confused at to why I can't acheive an F# on this link. I understand that links aren't the easiest mouthpieces to tame. Is this just a side effect of that?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get some more range on this mouthpiece.
thanks for any help
John