So it has been around 7 months since I've owned this horn. Been practicing almost every day and it's still throwing me some interesting curve balls. The 6th partial Eb, E, F have all be sharp and based on the inputs of some of the fine players on this forum, I've been using alternative fingerings to fix them. 1+2 for F, 1+3 for Eb, 1+4 for E.
But here's the odd thing that happened in the past few days. At random points in my warm up or practice, there will be a few minutes where those pesky 6th partial will be in tune with the default fingerings. They sound open, resonant, slotted in and in tune. But only for a few minutes... after that I'm back to being too sharp and needing the alternative fingerings again.
Guessing it's because I probably accidentally came across the sweet spot for the ratio of air pressure, embouchure tension and mouthpiece placement or something and can't replicate it well yet? I sent my teacher an email to see what she says, as she was talking about it earlier (My first proper euph lesson in my whole 15 years of playing!)
But here's the odd thing that happened in the past few days. At random points in my warm up or practice, there will be a few minutes where those pesky 6th partial will be in tune with the default fingerings. They sound open, resonant, slotted in and in tune. But only for a few minutes... after that I'm back to being too sharp and needing the alternative fingerings again.
Guessing it's because I probably accidentally came across the sweet spot for the ratio of air pressure, embouchure tension and mouthpiece placement or something and can't replicate it well yet? I sent my teacher an email to see what she says, as she was talking about it earlier (My first proper euph lesson in my whole 15 years of playing!)
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