I remember starting on number 2 reeds (a Van Doren) many years ago - I've
never come across a number 1 reed - it must be amazingly thin / soft. Could
this be the problem? Equally I've never come across a Xaphoon so I claim no
expertise for your case. Certainly I start all my students (now that I teach)
on 2's. That's a quick and relatively easy experiment. A more expensive
solution but with other attractions would be to find yourself a local teacher
who will make sure that you are doing everything right at the start - much
easier than putting it right later on.

Quoting jaxx_777uk <jaxx_777uk@...>:

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> I just bought a Xaphoon (pocket sax), just as an interim measure
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> to say I am really struggling getting a real sound out of the
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> thing.  Before I get flamed for it not being a real sax, the
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> mouthpiece and technique is (apparently) identical. I've got a Rico
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> strength 1 reed in there.  Moisten it before playing but all it get
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> is a high pitched squeel (like when you blow at glass between your
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> hands!).  A couple of times I have got it right (and it sounds
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> lovely when you do), but it must have been a fluke and I havent been
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> able to reproduce it since.  I curl my bottom lip over my bottom
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> teeth, put my upper teeth on top of the mouth piece, seal my lips
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> and still the same squeek.  I've tried putting it more in my mouth
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> and more out my mouth,  this just changes the pitch of the squeek!!.
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> Any hints at what I am doing wrong? or more importantly what i need
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> to do to correct this.... If I cant get this right there seems
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> little point moving onto a sax :o(
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> thanks very
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> jaxx
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