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Problems! Need professional advice!

Author: vitoclarinet
Date: 2006-01-26 12:51

Hello there. The thing is I've encountered some reed problems recently and i need advice! I'm playing on vandoren 4 reeds and i've tried using sand paper to break the reeds. But for some reason whenever i send the reeds, i always end up damaging them by making the tip too thin. I've tried different methods as to not make the tip of the reed so thin but so far there's been very little success. Please help!

Also(this is completely unrelated), after two years of failure, i've finally made the districts! I was very happy and everything but to my surprise a 7th grader(I'm in 9th grade) had gotten the first part while I got the second! You might wonder how that's surprising but no offence, I thought I played much better than her in terms of tone quality, technicality, and pretty much everything! I don't know what's gone wrong and I feel greatly depressed. Does this mean that I need to work harder? My teachers have told me that I'm the best clarinest of all the clarinettests tried out for the audition, and I personally too think that I did much better than the 7th grader(don't get me wrong, she's an excellent player). Maybe I just need practice harder... i have no clue.. please help me with my dilemma!

sincerely,
vitoclarinet

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