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Re: "learning" to play a softer reed?

Author: Musikat
Date: 2017-05-05 04:16

I agree! My own personal desire is for that "creamy" beautiful tone used in classical literature. But this thread has made me rethink my options on how to get there. I did notice when I had a chance to play on the new mouthpiece in rehearsal (two nights in a row for 3 and 2 hours respectively, plus practice during the day) that I was finding it harder to play on the 4's and defaulted to my more well-used ones that had been in the reed case I use for reeds that are past their prime but not yet ready for the wall.

Based on that, I pulled back out the 3.5 V12s but still don't like their tone in the upper register. I opened/tried my remaining V21 3.5+ reeds (that I happened to have from earlier reed explorations) and tried those, and they seemed better. Tomorrow I am going to buy a box of V12 3.5+ and see if that does the trick. I really love the ease of playing with the lower strength, so if I can find a combo that will give me the nice sound all the way up but still be easier to play I will be very happy.

I am also trying to be conscious of using more of my upper lip muscles, experimenting with taking in more mouthpiece, etc.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

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