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synthetic reeds for beginners

Author: spikey1973
Date: 2023-05-16 18:36

As most of you know by now, I am new to the clarinet.

And am diving into the wunderfull world of (necessairy and fun) knowledge about the instrument and it's usage. So ofcourse the topic of reeds comes up (frequently!)

Been listening and reeding a lot about brakeing in, maintenace, balancing etc of natural reeds. but have also found that there are synthetic reeds (thinking about legere etc). So i was wondering. What is the general opinion on the use of synthetic reeds by beginners.?

Certain qualities could be interesting (as far as I see it).
1) long livety (also more stable through out it's life?)
2) made vs grown, so balanced properly from factory (I would hope)

But ofcourse also con's
1) more expensive (could be oke, compared to long livety)
2) cut in a way that is better for more experienced users?

anything more con's beginer wise?

any thoughts?

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