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 Good Tone with Soft Reed
Author: Darrwall 
Date:   2014-02-20 22:23

Aged 74, I have been teaching myself to play the clarinet for about 2 years
from a structured course. I am tackling grade 3 material with:

Clarinet: Boosey and Hawkes Regent, plastic - 1978 vintage but little used.
Mouthpiece: Vandoren M 15 (long lay; small tip opening = 1.035mm)
Ligature: Standard ligature supplied with clarinet
Reed: Rico Reserve Classic (strength 2); or Gonzales GD (strength 2.25)

The tone is improving but I should like it to be beautifully mellow and classical like polished marble. How can I achieve my objective without the hard blowing which is necessary for stiffer reeds?

It should be possible because two contributors, Roxann (10.1.2014) and Wes (5.2.2014) referred to such clarinettists who used reeds of strength #1.5 and #2.

Any advice about this would be most gratefully received.
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