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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2011-04-17 06:51
Idk. it helps make it a little easier to play. its more of a habit than anything else
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2011-04-17 22:15
It would make more sense to use similar reeds for practice and performance, IMO.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2011-04-18 01:05
Vandoren 56's. They work very well and ive never had any problems even with my habit.
Fernando
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-04-18 02:25
If you think about it, there are always a few reeds in a box that are a little harder, or softer than the average so some of the 4.5 could be as soft as a 4 and visa versa. If you're comfortable doing what you're doing I don't see a problem with it. I tend to practice on reeds that are not as good as those that I play on in the symphony or chamber music. Sometimes they're a bit harder or softer than what I use on the job, not too much tough of course. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Clarimeister
Date: 2011-04-18 05:15
You got to also remember that the environment you play in will affect a reed's "resonance" I guess you can say. The same reed that you played in a small room say, your room, may sound a bit hard in a large concert hall and vice versa. Not uncommon at all.
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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2011-04-18 07:24
Well because i practice wit a harder reed than when i perform when i do perform it feels easier and i im able to manipulate my sound easier because my embochure is pretty relaxed but not to relaxed where i sound like a dieing duck.
Fernando
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2011-04-18 13:04
If baseball batters like to warm up with a weighted bat..........
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: Wes
Date: 2011-04-18 19:15
Why not pick out two good reeds, practicing and performing on one until it wears out. Then play and perform on the second reed and pick out another good reed as a back up reed? Why use two different numbers of reeds? They all have to play easily on your mouthpiece.
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Author: Grabnerwg
Date: 2011-04-18 19:56
Question - and all can jump in here - when you go to the hall for a concert, do you know in advance which reed you are going to play?
Lately, I have been choosing my performance reed from a very small group of candidates in the warm up period before the concert. It may not be the reed that sounded best at home.
I usually try to use the reed I played in dress rehearsal, but I find if the weather has changed, another reed might work better at that particular moment.
Comments?
Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2011-04-19 15:08
All this makes me feel their isnt just one best way of preparing yourself. i just wonder wht way is the best.
Fernando
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Author: CocoboloKid
Date: 2011-04-19 15:34
I think what should be very clear to you by now is that there IS NO "best" way, there is only what works the best for YOU, and that can (and probably will) change over time.
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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2011-04-20 18:58
i sure do realize that now. its not easy finding out the best way either
Fernando
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