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Re: Reed question

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2023-01-10 17:54

SunnyDaze wrote:

> Hi Tom and Karl,
>
> Does that mean that Rico #2 is kind of "easier" for a learner
> to play than a Vandoren classic #1.5? I had no idea about that.
>

Too soft a reed can cause bad habits to form right from the start. You can get away with almost anything and still get a full sound in the chalumeau on a very soft reed. My beginning students were almost always playing on the mouthpieces that came with rental instruments. So, there was never any mystery about what kind of facing they were using. I always started them with #2 Ricos and moved them to #2.5 fairly soon during the first year. I found it much easier to get them into the clarion successfully with the slight bump to #2.5, not because it isn't possible to play clarion with a soft setup, but because the bad habits that can form in the lower register make altissimo hard to impossible.

Karl

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