Klarinet Archive - Posting 001204.txt from 2000/12

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] re: Reed narrower than Mouthpiece
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:12:49 -0500

Ken Shaw:
I don't use a ligature. I think a lot of players will either discard a reed
or scrape unnecessarily when simply moving the reed from side to side could
reveal a decent playing position.
Best regards.
Steve Hartman

Ken Shaw wrote:
>I've found it matters a lot. Kalmen Opperman taught me to make reeds very
slightly >narrower than the outside of the side rails -- maybe the width of
a
>thin pencil line. You set the reed even with the edge of one rail, hold
the
>reed on with your thumb and give a few toots; then jog the reed a tiny bit
>toward the opposite rail. As you keep going, you will hit a dramatically
>more resonant position, which you hold while you put the ligature on. The
>difference is not subtle.
>Steve Hartman; Teri Herel -- did he show you the same thing?

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