Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2019-08-10 10:14
Hi,
I just tried a Bravo reed and I find it very stable for playing in the lower range.
As a beginner clarinetist (I'm grade 2 and have been playing for one year) I find them very nice. I don't know how to explain it exactly, but for me, playing a cane reed is a bit like walking on a tightrope, and playing a Bravo reed feels most like walking along a plank.
I think that with the cane reed I need to work hard with my embouchure to get the tone really correct, but with this plastic reed, and don't need to constantly fine tune like that and can just get on and think about breathing and fingers, which is quite nice for a beginner. It's like going to the gym and having one muscle to work on in a machine while the others are not involved at all.
Having said that, I noticed that when I go to the top notes that I can play, the reed sounds a little bit flat. I'm not sure whether it's flat, as in out of tune, but it doesn't ring beatifully as high notes can.
I do like the reed though, and I'm going to keep playing it, as it really helps the devepment of my playing to have this sense of security in the low notes.
Sunny
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