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Re: Reed question

Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2023-01-12 07:21

Runhammar stated: "Does anyone have any tips and techniques for playing quietly in higher register and with thicker reeds?"

Back in the day when I was still playing, I used the following technique:

After forming your embouchure and setting your fingers for the note that you want to play, start blowing softly into the mouthpiece. You should only hear a hissing sound. Now, start increasing the pressure on your bottom lip to push the reed closer to the facing. As you keep pushing harder, a point is going to be reached where the hissing sound will turn into a low level tone output. With your B40 which has a 1.195mm tip opening, you'll have a fairly large distance to move the reed because I suspect the reed probably won't start vibrating until it's somewhere around 1mm or even less.

Anyway, this worked well for me. I'm confident it'll work as equally well for you.

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