Klarinet Archive - Posting 000762.txt from 2000/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A returner to the clarinet seeks advice
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 05:04:06 -0400

At 02:32 PM 5/15/2000 PDT, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>One thing I've funny about my own experience, is I began on 3 1/2 Vandorens
>from the very beginning. Why? Well, I was borrowing a friend's old clarinet,
>and all she had for me to use was an unused Vandoren 3 1/2, and so she gave
>me that. I've been playing on that size ever since. Once I tried to play on
>a 2 1/2 and found my tone was SO fuzzy that when I went back to the 3 1/2s
>it sounded chrisper than I remembered.
>
Different things work for different people, of course, but I should think
that, for most, starting with too hard a reed would encourage biting, a bad
habit difficult to break later. Staying on soft reeds too long could make
one lazy and give one a flabby tone, though. Good reasons for professional
help via lessons, eh?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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