[Dixielandjazz] Vibrato ala Bechet

Dick Sleeman dick at sleeman.nl
Wed Sep 19 12:54:06 PDT 2007


Steve Barbone wrote a.o:

> Other reason Bechet may have preferred vibrato, especially on Sop Sax, is
> that the early sop saxes were quite out of tune. Some had the lower register
> in tune and the upper register sharp, while others had the lower register
> flat with the upper register in tune.

Isn't that the same thing? If the lower register is flat then you just tune the 
instrument a little higher - and then the upper register will be sharp!

Picky, picky,

Dick Sleeman 




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