Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 2004/06

From: "Erik Tkal" <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Australian reeds
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:29:45 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Levin
>=20
> Australian reeds. Do they fit on the mouthpiece upside down?

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No, they fit on the standard way (the flat side down), but they work =
best when you rotate the mouthpiece 180=BA so that the reed is on top. =
:-P

BTW, a local HS music director who has given me a few lessons and =
insists I use teeth on top, despite my initial tutoring by my g/f and my =
subsequent entrenchment in not using teeth, said someone once mentioned =
playing with the reed up. So I turned mine around and proceeded to play, =
and he said, hey, how'd you do that, I can't do that! Of course I =
couldn't get myself to do that while using my bottom teeth either.

Erik Tkal

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