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Re: Legere reeds: Nice. But flat!

Author: SchlockRod
Date: 2012-11-23 13:58

Update on this topic:
In response to the last post from Sean, everything I've been doing with my mouth/air is the same, synthetic or cane... and again, the resistance (=hardness?) of the Legeres is not less than that of the cane reeds that play more in tune. I ask "=hardness?" because it seems pretty generally agreed that softer reeds can tend to play flat.
Anyway, the latest experience I've been having leads me to conclude that the tendency to flatness with these Legeres is primarily when playing more loudly/forcefully.
If I back off and play at mp level or lower, they seem to be much better in tune, pretty much matching the cane reeds.
I know louder>>>flatter is a general tendency with any setup, that beginners especially have to learn to adapt to.
But I'm beginning to conclude that the Legeres suffer more from this, for some reason. Why might that be?

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