Author: vintschevski
Date: 2021-12-07 10:39
Hi, pritishbudhrani!
It might be useful to clarify a couple of things: is your entire band just clarinet, alto sax, trumpet and trombone? Or do you have bass, guitar/keyboard and percussion as well?
And are you playing "acoustically", that is, without amplification or are you all playing into microphones or have microphones attached to your instruments? (If you have microphones, it's just possible that the microphone is not placed in the best spot for the clarinet - some people think that the microphone needs to go only under the bell of the clarinet, but that won't suffice, a microphone needs to be over the tone holes of the instrument. And of course, you would need to chat to the sound person about getting the balance right so that you can be heard.)
I've had the pleasure of playing a Yamaha 650 only once and it was my impression that it was quite powerful enough. My own inclination would be to suggest a stiffer reed, at least a V12 3.5 with perhaps a Vandoren M15 mouthpiece. But clarification of the points above will help people give good advice. It might also be useful to know whether you are playing most of the time in a high enough register to be above the trumpet and alto sax - at least when you aren't soloing.
Cheers!
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