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Re: Reed Troubles

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-04-16 17:48

Certainly it helps to be able to adjust reeds. The basic exercise is to twist the mouthpiece from side to side and balance the reed so that both sides play the same. Then you can take cane off or clip the tip to bring the reed to the strength that works best.

However, your sound comes from your anatomy and your mind. The mouthpiece and reed are nothing compared to your brain.

Practice making many sounds, ugly as well as beautiful. Play Three Blind Mice as if you were a mouse - scurrying and squeaky. Then play it like the farmer's wife, clomping after them waving a knife. Then play it like the cat, slinking around waiting for nice mouse tails to eat. Then play it like the Three Stooges, complete with slaps and eye-pokes.

More seriously, read my favorite article on making many good sounds http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=94788&t=94788.

Ken Shaw

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