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 Re: clarinet gear set-up - beginner question
Author: SunnyDaze 
Date:   2021-09-05 22:54



After I got really proficient at grade 3 standard, I tried to switch to legere European cut synthetic reeds, but I couldn't get them to work at all. I am still on cane reeds, and I just find them so much easier to use.

Looking at it through my recently-a-beginner eyes - I think the important thing is to set the conditions for the best possible chance that the instrument will make a noise at all. That means eliminating all risk factors.

Given that it is an older refurbished instrument, I think there's a decent chance that it will have leaks still, which could be a real problem.

That means, to get it to definitely make a sound, it would be best to go with the completely reliable gear, which for me would be:

- 1.5 cane reed
(blue box, and keep throwing them away until one works.)
- If synthetic reeds were needed for budgetary reasons - I would use Bravo reeds. They always make a noise for me, but not a good enough one to get through a grade 3 exam.
- Rovner ligature
- Tune a day for clarinet book 1 (new edition) - Fantastic fingering chart included.

Would it be helpful to pass on this blog post that I wrote recently? I had the most epic struggle to get a very old clarinet to play, when I knew nothing about them. I did eventually manage it. I think Pete's is a considerably newer model then mine, so he's probably in with a much better chance.

https://lovelyoldclarinet.blogspot.com/2021/05/and-now-i-am-going-to-play-it.html
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