Klarinet Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2003/05

From: "Samantha McDaniel" <jupitertc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: hard reeds
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 12:00:22 -0400

It's not just the strength either, it's also the type of reed that kids
become competitive over as well. I remember using Vandoren #4 in the 8th
grade, thinking I was a super player. The Rico kids didn't have a chance
(yea right). Now I know better :)

~SAM~

>From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] RE: hard reeds
>Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 09:41:29 -0500
>
><<<For some reason, my students tend to favor reeds that are too hard,
>so when they play, only about half the note tends to speak, covered up
>mostly by the sound of rushing noise.>>>
>
>Sure, I think it's the old "hard reeds are better" syndrome. You know,
>we've all heard it: "You're playing a #3.5 reed? Wow, I use a #5; I
>must be a lot better player than you are."
>
>I experience the same thing among high school-aged oboists and
>bassoonists. If they use commercial reeds, having not yet learned to
>make their own, I recommend that they buy "medium soft" reeds. Time
>after time, they will come in to lessons with medium or medium hard
>reeds. "Why did you buy such hard reeds," I will ask. "My band
>director said I couldn't get a good sound on a medium soft reed."
>
>Ed Lacy
>University of Evansville
>
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