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Re: Short scrape is interesting

Author: sylvangale  Date:   2012-01-22 06:36 I'm afraid I do not make reeds from scratch (that play). These are dims that I measured: overall length: 73mm triangle blend dims from tip: bases 5.5-6mm, top 3mm U shape dims from tip: corners 10mm, base 11-11.5mm And here are a few pics of what the reed looks like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylvangale/6740434431/in/set-72157628976812339/ I'll have to play with taking in even more reed than usual and see how that works. With my regular reed position once I got up to around high A, pitch was drastically flat, playing at the tip made the pitch consistent. The American sound bounceback is kind of nice to me. I never really noticed it till I played played reeds back to back. The American reed is like singing in the shower. lol. I need more time to spend with the short scrape and see how it develops though, it's already sounding much nicer with a little more scrapping. I want to play it in quintet this week and see if anyone notices. I did read somewhere that the American scrape came from a French short scrape in an attempt to get a sound that was more German to blend in with German brass. ♫ Stephen K.

Topics	Author	Date
Short scrape is interesting  new	sylvangale	2012-01-21 22:44
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	Oboe Craig	2012-01-22 00:53
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	WoodwindOz	2012-01-22 04:01
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	sylvangale	2012-01-22 06:36
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	HautboisJJ	2012-01-22 12:11
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	jhoyla	2012-01-22 13:32
Re: Short scrape is interesting  new	Chris P	2012-01-22 14:18

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