Klarinet Archive - Posting 000327.txt from 2000/04

From: Karel Vahala <vahalakv@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Tone - the quick way
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:25:19 -0400

Michael,
Gary Van Cott carries a book by Larry Guy called "Selection and Adjustment of
Single Reeds" which I have ordered, and is on its way. Walter Graebner of
"Clarinet Express" also has something on reed making.

Regards, Kare.

Michael Lawrence wrote:

> <<----Original Message Follows----
> From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
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> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] re: Tone - the quick way
> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 12:31:31 +0100
>
> A good, if paradoxical way of saying it, with regard to sound, is that
> we're teaching them *how to choose reeds*. Because though I can make a
> half-way acceptable sound on most reeds, I can't do *what I want* on
> most reeds, however I modify my address. The difference between a good reed
> and a bad reed is highly dependent on my aspirations for it. So they have
> difficulty choosing reeds -- or rather, they don't choose good reeds --
> because they lack the aspirations.
>
> In these circumstances, they choose what 'feels' OK rather than what
> sounds OK.
>
> Hence the remark that we play the clarinet with our ears. And with our
> mental models.>>
>
> I have long been told that reeds can change the entire way in which one
> plays the clarinet, and I have had some experience with good and bad reeds.
> What I have never known, though, is how to choose a good reed or how to
> tinker with reeds to get a better sound. I am going to the Texas Tech band
> camp this summer, and I was going to take a reed-making class I have seen in
> the past, but unfortunately it is no longer available. Is there any book or
> web site that shows in detail how to select *good* reeds? Is there anything
> to look for other than straight fibers and a thick heart? TIA
>
> -Michael L.
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