Hey guys, I've been teaching myself how to play with theory books and some internet articles since March. My problem is that my tone has not improved at all since the day I first bought the instrument.
Although I have gotten better and better at playing the low notes without squeaking, the tone sounds the same: It's airy, tinny, and doesn't even sound like a saxophone. I may be hitting the notes more often, but they sound just as poor as they ever did.
I've been taking sax players' advice to improve my tone, but nothing has improved yet. This is what I've been doing: putting more of the mouthpiece into my mouth, closing my mouth tighter around it, blowing harder, and standing straighter.
The sax I own was made by a company nobody's heard of and it cost me very little money. There's still a chance that my problem is caused by the quality of the instrument itself as opposed to my embouchure... how can I tell?
thanks for your help
Although I have gotten better and better at playing the low notes without squeaking, the tone sounds the same: It's airy, tinny, and doesn't even sound like a saxophone. I may be hitting the notes more often, but they sound just as poor as they ever did.
I've been taking sax players' advice to improve my tone, but nothing has improved yet. This is what I've been doing: putting more of the mouthpiece into my mouth, closing my mouth tighter around it, blowing harder, and standing straighter.
The sax I own was made by a company nobody's heard of and it cost me very little money. There's still a chance that my problem is caused by the quality of the instrument itself as opposed to my embouchure... how can I tell?
thanks for your help