Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 1994/10

From: NICK WINKLER <winkler@-----.US>
Subj: Playing LOUDly
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:28:17 -0400

To: PERGLER@-----.EDU
Subject: Playing LOUDly

P>Our first rehearsal was last night. Not surprisingly, I find I have to
P>play quite a bit louder. But I find that in increasing the volume I
P>substantially lose control over tonal nuance and colour. Does anyone
P>have suggestions how to get over this?

I, too have had to play louder to be heard in a band environment. When
I switched from Rico Royals to Vandoren V12s, my volume and control both
increased. The tradeoff was a lot of huffing, puffing, gasping, and
wheezing until my body adjusted to the harder reeds. The nice people at
The Woodwind tell me that, according to their chart, #3 V12s are about
1/4 grade harder than the Ricos.

-Nick-

* QMPro 1.53 * There were plagues of locusts, and frogs, and MS-DOS.
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