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Benefits of hard reeds

Author: GenEric
Date: 2018-04-15 09:45

I've been playing on a close face mouthpiece (m13l) with 3.5 v12 reeds and with the arrival of the warmer weather and the humidity going up, I've been gradually going toward the softer 3 traditional reeds. I believe that this is a relatively soft setup because I know a couple of classmates who play on 4.5 V12 or 4 strength traditional reeds.

I don't know how they manage to do this.... When I even try to play on a 3.5 traditional, I feel so much tension and it's almost impossible to play. Is it normal for me to use a 3.0 traditional on a close face mouthpiece? Perhaps it's me because I've been trying to avoid the bite and blow.

I've been trying to move up to harder reeds (at least a 3.5 traditional, 3.5+ v12) because my setup, although easy to play, is really hard to control large intervals and altissimo notes get all over the place.

Are there any physical characteristics of harder reeds that make the better than softer reeds? Perhaps they have a longer life because they use a stiffer cane?

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