Author: claire70
Date: 2007-12-21 13:43
> I've recently changed from American scrape reeds to European
> ones (don't know which kind).
> It's very different, I get tired much faster and to continue
> playing I bite/choke my reed which i know is wrong but
> otherwise i get terribly flat...
Possibly stupid question, but are they too hard?
> also I have a question about the durability of the European
> reed. how long should a reed last? because I've had American
> scraped reeds lasting two months but I seem to destroy these
> reeds in a week or less, is this normal or is my
> embouchure/something else just wrong?
>
> destroyed reed=stops crowing and doesn't vibrate.
Never had that problem, my reeds usually last 2 months or more. I don't think it can be anything intrinsic in the scrape of the reed! Have you done all the usual reed resuscitating tricks? (ie. testing for being too close / open, scraping in various places...)
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