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Moved from a Vandoren 3 to 3-1/2

Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2020-03-22 07:10

For two years I've tried to move to a stronger reed. I noticed that my choice of #3 continually left me prone to wobbly pitch, errors in the altissimo, a tendency to close the reed completely at the most inopportune time, and a lack of weight to my tone. These last few weeks I didn't give up and moved from 5 minutes playing a Vandoren 3.5 to 10 minutes to a half hour and now I can play it without concern. Pitch is no longer a big problem and tonguing doesn't cause a tone wobble at the start of each note either. I don't even sound airy anymore with the harder reed. I'm glad I made the effort. I suspect I'm really going to make other improvement in all kinds of unexpected ways.

Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com

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