Klarinet Archive - Posting 000797.txt from 2001/06

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.Edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] 2nd try: Rico grand concert reeds
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 14:46:37 -0400

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, William Wright wrote:

> The Vandoren advertisement says that V12 is thicker and intended
> for the 'advanced' clarinetist. This is another statement that can be
> turned upside down. You could say that a thicker reed is intended for
> beginners because it isn't as sensitive to the vagaries of a beginner's
> unstable embouchure. That is, changes in pressure don't have as much
> effect on how it bends. Whereas a skilled player wants a thinner reed
> in order that he or she can do more with it.

When I think of "doing" more with a reed, I think of being able to make
adjustments in less fear...the thicker a reed is, to me, more room for
error, sometthing I DESPERATELY need, since I am very very very very new
to the ART of minute reed adjustment. (After a point, technique just
seems to go out the window and it becomes a matter of...well, that sounds
like maybe I should take a little off here, or there...how about here?).

If I tried to "do more" with a standard blank, I'd be done with the reed
before I even started!

As far as sound goes - I've found that I can get the sound I want from one
type of blank regardless...usually switching to something softer, harder
or a significantly higher or lower heart is more than enough. *shrug*

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SarCaSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole

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