Klarinet Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2001/11

From: lubydjackson@-----. Jackson)
Subj: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 00:08:25 -0500

Speaking of ligs, are you a proponent of the Pyne ligs?
----- Original Message -----
From: <StillLoveNewYork@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.

> In a message dated 11/1/01 2:32:25 PM Central Standard Time,
> Tony@-----.uk writes:
> > If your teacher told you that what he/she said was always what you
> > *should* do, then in my opinion he/she didn't teach you very well.
> > (He/she probably didn't actually say that, if you think back.)
>
> You're right. When I think back, he didn't dictate that I should do this.
> What he actually said was something like, "Just go ahead and leave the
reed
> on. It won't hurt anything."
>
> As for what *I* think, I think that it's kind of a pain in the patoot to
go
> through the process of getting out the clarinet, loosening the ligature in
> order to remove the reed, then dampening the reed and having to put it
back.
> If I don't store the reed with the mouthpiece, then one of those steps
with
> the ligature is eliminated. (I hate messing with the ligature, although I
> trust that this feeling will pass as I become more confident with the
> instrument.)
>
> I appreciate the points you brought up, Tony. Thanks!
>
> > And consider: if, in the end, you want to say that you can't hope to
> > judge by yourself whether or not it works, then you wouldn't have been
> > any good anyway.
>
> As I get more experienced, I feel more confident about judging what does
and
> does not work for me. Now, if only the dogs would stop howling whenever I
> play. ;-)
>
> NY
>
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