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Re: Quitting Clarinet

Author: Morrigan
Date: 2011-09-30 08:40

My guess is also that maybe your reeds are too hard. I played on a Greg Smith 1* for a while and found it to be really reed un-friendly; I just couldn't find a reed strength that worked on it! I moved to the Chicago model and find that 3.5 works really well on it. I also started using traditional reeds and like the results better than the sometimes stubborn V12s.

I've learned in recent years that I work really well when my equipment is really middle-of-the-road. I make sure that it is easy to play and there is little room for error. Some people play on equipment that they think makes them sound good, but actually gives them nothing but trouble and they struggle with it. Maybe you need to try mouthpieces and pick something that is quite simply easy to play and sound good? That would certainly make you enjoy playing more!

I went through a very frustrating time with reeds when I was in college. It turns out that it was an extremely steep and frustrating learning curve and then, suddenly, I knew what I was doing with reeds and can thankfully say that I've encountered very few problems with reeds since.

To sum up what I am thinking the solution is: Try softer reeds, and experiment with mouthpieces.

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