Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-11-06 06:36
sfalexi wrote:
> Consider the difference in air pressure and backpressure when
> blowing through a drinking straw vs blowing through a coffee
> stirrer.
>
Well, I'm not sure this is much clearer for me, since both offer a good deal of resistance over what you would feel while blowing through a paper towel core. Obviously, the less air will travel through an opening, the longer the same volume of air will last, so one clear advantage to a setup that allows less air to pass through is that you can play longer phrases on a single breath. Oboists can generally play longer on a breath (think of the solos in the 2nd movement of Schubert's "Unfinished") than clarinetists or flutists because the aperture between the two reeds is so small.
I think a good player *can* get the kind of sound he wants from almost any reasonably standard piece of equipment, whether a B45 or an AG P, with a reed that's chosen and adjusted to respond comfortably. And I think that it's very difficult to get a full sound and clear articulation out of any mouthpiece if reeds aren't adjusted to vibrate cleanly. Fuzz, airiness and sluggish staccato can happen on any mouthpiece if you use reeds that are prone to produce them. So, for me it's less a question of resistant/free as it is responsive/stuffy.
We may be talking past each other about different phenomena and different sensations.
Karl
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