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Re: 20 cents flat

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-04-29 17:22

EaubeauHorn wrote:

> I'll point out that I'm 67, a union member for many years,
> ex-professional on another instrument. So I have a pretty good
> handle on how good I sound and where I want to go. At my age
> I'm not likely to develop the embouchure strength to use a
> heavy reed because I do not have physical capability any more.

OK, so your experience level as an instrumental musician is higher than the average poster asking this kind of question. Still, trying a slightly harder reed is such an easy experiment to make, relatively inexpensive and easily and completely reversible if it doesn't solve the problem.

I guess I made the original suggestion about trying something harder ("My knee-jerk guess without first getting answers to any of the above questions is that the Legere you're using is too soft for the Debut's facing. But it could easily be something else."). I had no intention of suggesting that you play on an uncomfortably stiff reed just to bring the pitch up (which it might not do in any case). I didn't mean to stir up a row about hard vs. soft reeds, which comes up every so often on its own.

I actually had a double intent with my suggestion about trying something slightly harder in cane. One of the main problems I have in playing Legere reeds is that, until I reach a hardness that feels stuffy, they tend to play flat for me - especially above G5 or so. I don't have the same problem with cane reeds unless I go down to a strength that also destroys my sound and response.

Karl

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