Klarinet Archive - Posting 000170.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] reeds
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:25:49 -0500

Bill,
Well, you have a point there about the jazz. This guy
is definitely a jazz man, and we play together in a
little three-piece group that we have named "Mood Swing"
in which we play '30s and '40s tunes.....
he has even suggested that I switch to a #2 reed so I can
get better vibrato...
Thanks
Sue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] reeds

> At 07:47 PM 2/6/2003 -0800, Sue wrote:
> >I have a reed question.....a friend of mine who is a very
> >good woodwind player/repair person tells me that if
> >you are playing on a very stiff reed, you probably have
> >the wrong mouthpiece for you.
> >He has been playing clarinet for close to sixty years,
> >and uses a 2 1/2 reed....I am not sure what brand.
> >I play on Vandoren V12 2 1/2 reeds, and when I
> >tried 3 1/2's, I had to really scrape them down to get
> >them to respond.
> >So, what's the deal with all these people playing on
> >4's and 4 1/2's?????
>
> Mostly they are playing very close-faced mouthpieces in strict classical
> style. Those of us who play in bands rather than orchestra, and
especially
> those of us who play jazz, tend to use more open mouthpieces and softer
> reeds to gain volume and flexibility of intonation (bending notes,
vibrato,
> etc.).
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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