Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-05-04 20:18
I must disagree with the basic premise of above post with regard to "BALANCE." Cane is wood and therefore has its own internal characteristics of fiber integrity, firmness, density etc. Of course we start off with as much symmetry of tolerance as possible, but that is just to limit variables, not prevent them, which is impossible.
As for Legeres, I don't want to make them sound scary, they are really no more subject to movement on a mouthpiece than cane (well, they are slipperier, but essentially there is no added insecurity under normal circumstances).
I have in recent months been using Perierra 3D ligatures left VERY VERY loose. With that approach you do need to remove the mouthpiece off the clarinet using the barrel. Other than that (an extreme example) they work like like any other reed in that respect. Once you have it on with your ligature, you can leave there for the day.......I have never had any issues with that. If as mentioned earlier, the reed fails to endure a rehearsal or performance, the issue is that the strength is too weak and you must go up a quarter strength (continue the advance in strength until that issue stops).
.................Paul Aviles
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