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Re: Instrument Switching

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-08-05 01:58

CCO_woodwinduser wrote:

> I do employ similar techniques as on the larger
> instruments and my reeds do match my mouthpieces. I can try
> lowering my reed strength, but I used 3 reeds before I switched
> to cotra and bari

That you played soprano clarinet before you started playing contra and bari changes the scenario. So you have had experience with the smaller instruments.

It isn't necessarily the case that overblowing the clarinet or soprano sax or getting no sound at all means that the reeds are too hard. It could also be that they're too soft and you're closing them off. Or, you're taking too much or too little reed in your mouth.

Karl

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