Author: Exiawolf
Date: 2016-01-21 07:23
Ok... so I'm in a state of curiosity right now.
I've seen many people say to "use the reed that plays easiest/allows you to make musical decisions" everywhere, among other claims about how to select a reed. Marc Nuccio states that he finds that edge of brightness brings clarity, focus, and power to the sound (Not necessarily getting rid of darkness).
Now that's all fine and dandy, but it brings more confusion to me personally due to some of my own experiences as a growing player. I've always been a closed mouthpiece kind of guy since I picked up an M13 Lyre. I have strayed off course here and there to try other mouthpiece styles, but end up coming back to my good old closed mouthpieces. My problem is that I seem to be among the minority when it comes to reed selection on these mouthpieces. I know a vast majority of players play on reeds strength 3.75-4.5 on mouthpieces like the M13 and X0, yet no matter what I do, I can never seem to get ANYTHING above a 3.75 to work. I can't quite seem to find what I'm doing "wrong" (If I am). Now the 3.5's work quite well and sound quite good but it's always been strange to me that I can never get 3.75's to just... play.
So I guess the question in the end is, what should I do? Continue on my path and stick with the 3.5 on my mouthpiece, or push up to reach what is almost consistently agreed to be required for the mouthpiece to sound good?
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