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Re: Can not make air?

Author: Clarinet4hire
Date: 2007-06-07 17:55

I would like to apologize to skygardener, as I was wrong to give you such a strong reply. I was also wrong to say a close tip takes a soft reed, as it does not, after re-reading the Bonade myself. However, Bonade did say that he took his students that had a tendacy to bite, and purposefully put them on softer reeds untill they quit biting on those, so they would break the habit and not bite on the harder reeds. Pitch problems are also caused by biting. Most pitch problems get corrected once the biting problem has been fixed.

I wouldn't hesitate putting any student on a "professional" mouthpiece if they could afford one. The sooner the better. When equipment is matched up properly, producing a great sound and dexterity, and endurance are easily mastered with a short time.

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