Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2023-05-30 14:54
I am playing legeres with same barrels that i used when playing cane and i am quite ok playing professionally in a=442 Hz (and above).
Perhaps the playing technique with legeres is slightly different what comes to so called voicing, which i understand meaning, what you are doing in your oral cavity, which vowel you imagine when you play, how you position your larynx etc. So, don't bite the pitch up, try imagining vowels like "eee" or german "ΓΌ", don't open your throat too much.
The other important thing with syntethics is to choose a mouthpiece that suits them. IMHO a plastic reed needs the mp to be either more open or have a shorter lay because you need more tension to the reed than with cane.
Also try a reed that feels slightly harder than you would choose from cane.
One important detail is, that the tip rail of the mp should be wide enough that you can adjust the hardness of the reed by moving it up and down the mouthpiece table. The hardness of the syntethic reed is 99% The decisive factor in choosing the reed.
I love using the syntethics, because then i can feel being a dog wagging his tail, not vice versa!
Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland
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