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Author: nahya^^
Date: 2002-08-21 02:47
are lower numbered reeds better on low notes and higher numbered reeds better on high notes?
i'm not sure if it's true but it sounds right to me...
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-08-21 02:53
Young man/woman/person? - get yourself a teacher.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2002-08-21 12:14
Good luck diz, this kid is relentless and determined.
Too bad, with all those Music Majors out there starving for work.
Ah well...
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-08-21 18:09
nahya^^, while it is generally true that the upper altissimo is easier to reach with a stiffer reed, your question really has no practical application. One doesn't change reeds depending upon which register the music drives you toward. I prefer a setup that most players would find undesirable, as my intended playing style is much easier to achieve with a softer reed. So producing altissimo notes above G (four lines above the staff) has always been uncomfortably difficult for me. But this has not kept me awake nights.
And nahya^^, if you just dad-blame it are not going to have a teacher, please at least get a book or two about the Clarinet. While it will not be a substitute for a good teacher, it will provide you with information that you want and need. David Pino's book, for example, can be bought in the Dover edition for about ten dollars. (In his book, Pino notes that Benny Goodman was a product of the Chicago School System, almost never having taken a private lesson. While I would not suggest this course of action for any student who intends a performing career, it isn't impossible. Same as winning a Nobel Prize without an advanced degree, please do not hold your breath while waiting for success to overwhelm you.)
Regards,
John
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Author: nahya^^
Date: 2002-08-21 23:26
please do not tell me anymore to get a teacher. i AM getting one.
i just happen to be curious about this reed question before i get one. i've already left a message for him to set up a schedule.
i appreciate you guys giving me advices to get a teacher, and i understand that. but until i get one, would it hurt for you to answer some of my questions other than telling me to get a teacher?
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Author: Karel
Date: 2002-08-22 03:04
Nahya^^, what the message seems to be is that you are not exercising much self-help in the learning process. You seem to have got yourself no elementary books which would answer most of your elementary problems, and are , compared to other people on this 'board, flooding it with questions. When this is pointed out to you, you get defensively agressive and not overly polite. I admire your enthusiasm, but please temper it with common sense, otherwise you will keep getting sharp replies.
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Author: Karel
Date: 2002-08-22 03:10
P.S. A while back I drew your attention to "Sherman Friedland's Corner" which you can access from the Home Page, as well as "Young People's Pages". These are there to help you if you care to look.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-08-22 05:32
nahya^^, congratulations on starting lessons. Now go get the David Pino book anyway. And if your teacher disagrees with anything Pino says, pay attention to your teacher. You're paying him/her a lot more than $9.95, and you should get your money's worth.
And for the record, if anyone cares, I do not give advice nor do I make recommendations on this BB. When I do that, it is only in areas where I have professional qualifications, and I charge money. All I do here is make suggestions, state my opinions, and share my experiences. Anyone who doesn't care for that may feel free to skip any or all of my posts. My real name is at the top of each one.
Regards,
John
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Author: Karel
Date: 2002-08-22 05:36
Hi diz, no, I live in Geraldton WA, "city" of 20000 with a dearth of clarinetists to the point that at times I feel almost like Nahya.
I am a retired GP who has taken up the clarinet as a retirement exercise, and am enjoying it greatly for the past 3.5 years. Learning is slower as you get older, but so enjoyable. One problem I do have is smuggling mpcs. ligatures and reeds into the house, but I am winning, I think. Any advice from past experience?
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-08-22 05:40
Karel - your thread made me laugh. Smuggling things into the house - well, as I'm single and don't have no one to answer to, I don't have to do too much smuggling but I do feel guilty if I "lust" after more clarinets for my collection - currently I own just one, and it's an e-flat - don't ask!! I adore it and have nicknamed it "santan" because it's a little bastard at times.
I'm currently saving for a contrabass and have my eyes on a loverly paperclip Leblanc - although, the Selmers look damned fine, too.
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Author: Karel
Date: 2002-08-22 06:33
Diz, I got myself a Czech made plastic Bb to start on, since then replaced it with a R-13, and am having fun with mpcs and ligs of various kinds. And reeds of course. I have a Greg Smith mpc which combines beautifully with Gonzalez FOF No 3, much better than V12s. And so on and so on.........
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-08-22 19:44
Your thought seems right as a rule of thumb. So, what is the conclusion? It would be to choose a reed strength you can control as a wider range as possible. It depends on the player.
However, having prejudice is a wrong thing. American players seem to like thicker reeds beyond 4, but many European players seem to use thinner reeds in the range of 2.5 and 3.5.
I read somewhere Steeve Lacy(sop sax) uses Marca 1.5.
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Author: Sneakers
Date: 2002-08-22 20:29
Nahya^^ - I haven't had a chance to read the bulletin board much lately, so I didn't understand why some of the people responding were being so unkind. I went back and read some of your previous posts, and though you have been asking a lot of questions, I don't see anything wrong with getting some advice until you are able to get a teacher. A teacher will be a great help to you because he/she will be able to demonstrate for you the proper way to do things, whereas written instruction or advice can sometimes be confusing. I live in a small town also, and although it is not quite a missile silo, it sometimes seems close. I travel 180 miles one way, once a week to take lessons. My teacher is wonderful, the cost of the lessons, gas, wear and tear on the car and the six hours of travel is well worth the money and time it takes. My parents don't pay for the lessons, because I am 46 years old. I wish you lived around here, because I would really like to get more students, not for the money, but for the opportunity to teach. Good luck to you, I hope you learn to love the clarinet as much as some of the rest of us do.
Also, I would recommend that you always treat the other members of the bulletin board the way you want them to treat you and hopefully they will be kinder.
And to those of you who don't like Nahya^^'s posts, may I suggest you quit reading them.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-08-22 23:03
Who said "those people" don't like the posts?
sneakers - this is a community Bulletin Board - if all the opinions on here were kind, caring, polite and considerate it would be a VERY dull place, which it ain't.
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