Klarinet Archive - Posting 000514.txt from 2004/11

From: Daniel Fairhead <madprof@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Embrouchure/reed-strength/clarinet question.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:34:48 -0500


> At 02:33 PM 11/14/2004 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:
> >You've already tried reeds and found an effect, but not necessarily a
> >solution. Assuming a properly working clarinet, the next easiest
> >thing to try changing is the mouthpiece. It is more or less axiomatic
> >here that different players play best on different mouthpieces, that
> >"one-size (brand/facing curve/tip opening/etc.)-fits-all" is
> >wrongheaded. And it is, beyond a certain playing level. If your
> >teacher's recommendation (the C85 - very open tip by modern symphonic
> >standards, which is why you need very light reeds - is that the
> >mouthpiece he plays on?) didn't solve the problem but improved it, a
> >similar but less open-tipped mouthpiece might turn out better, like
> >a C** or even a C* or an equivalent in the Vandoren line (5RVLyre,
> >5RV, 2RV, etc.), just as a series of experiments.

Bill Hausmann continued:
> Keep in mind that the C85 mouthpieces come in multiple tip openings --
> 1.05, 1.15, and 1.20.
>
> I find that the airy sound is a common result of using a too-hard
> reed.

Too hard for the clarinet, the mouthpeice, or me?

Thanks for responces, I will search and try.

Dan

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