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Re: When to tongue

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-07-27 23:15

Maruja wrote:

> I have just bought a couple as a result
> of watching the video produced by Michele Anderson and a rep.
> of Legere. She said she took about a month to adapt to the
> synthetic reeds. I wondered whether you felt one might change
> the embouchure - I have used them before and then went back to
> cane and then thought I would have another go, following
> Michele's advice. I have found using a tighter embouchure makes
> a much better sound than before - would you say that one should
> adapt the embouchure as well as, for instance, making sure the
> reed is well placed and so on...?

Understand that at this point we're moving firmly into the realm of opinion. I'm not sure which of my posts about Legeres you mean, but my attitude toward them (like yours) has changed back and forth a few times. The short answer is that I've found that I *need* to use a firmer embouchure to keep Legeres focused and in tune. And it did take a week or two of playing on them to get used to the feel. There were also a couple of fairly trivial complaints I had that were more irritants than real problems.

My current attitude is that I don't want to have to use the extra pressure. I played Legeres exclusively for a little over a year. I've have come back to cane because the right cane reed - the profile and strength that best suits the mouthpiece I'm using - sounds better to me with less effort. I still find Legeres useful in situations where the alternative is a possibly dried out reed in a quick instrument change, but otherwise, I prefer cane. But, again, that's personal prejudice. If there weren't a lot of players using Legeres, the company couldn't afford to stay in business.

Karl

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