Author: vials
Date: 2008-08-17 10:29
mrn, yes I did read that discussion, very interesting. And regarding my mpc/reed/ligature setup, I use a Walter Grabner K14, V12 3.5 and Vandoren leather ligature with metal plate. The reeds make all the difference in the world, when I have a really good reed my stacatto is both faster and easier. Unfortunately only 2 or 3 reeds out of each box are very good, and even those can vary a lot from day to day..
And I usually try to practice (if only for a couple of minutes) on every reed in the box because one day the worst one suddenly sounds good. Though it's kind of a pain to, say 70% of the time, be playing on non satisfactory reeds, as it lowers my self confidence and joy in playing..
I recently bought the ATG system, and while it does help making reeds respond better, it makes the tone harsher and thinner, even if I just do a few light passes with the smoothest sandpaper. I'm probably just not good at the technique though..
Sorry didn't mean to make this into a reed thread, so let's get back to articualtion and speed!
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