Author: kdk
Date: 2017-04-20 23:40
BGBG, when you first joined this BB, you were endlessly obsessing over details of reed management to the point that the process of choosing, breaking in, adjusting, storing and preserving reeds seemed to have become the main focus of your clarinet activity. IMO, the routine you've described here is much better than all that fussing.
The basic principle of your current approach seems to be to practice playing the clarinet, using the best reeds you have available on a given day. Breaking in reeds is a topic of unending discussion that never arrives at a point of agreement. Everyone has his own witchcraft that he or she is comfortable with and very rarely is that witchcraft the same for two experienced players. Likewise, reed adjustment has almost infinite possibilities for various approaches, but at root, the approach you eventually take depends very heavily on how you want your reeds to sound and respond. Players have different techniques, depending on the result they want.
What you've described is a much more playing-centered approach, which IMO will be far more productive for you than going back to worrying about processing and adjusting reeds beyond the minimal things you describe here. Wet one, put it on the mouthpiece, and, if it responds easily, practice on it. If it's a fight to make it sound good, put it aside or, after repeated unsuccessful tries, throw it away. Spend your time playing.
My 2 cents.
Karl
Post Edited (2017-04-21 15:42)
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