Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-11-20 04:18
Ah, Dave- some who are reading this may be thinking, oh boy- now poor Dave is going to get inundated with too much info from Stan. And they may be right. Maybe you missed my whole thread on extreme altissimo- http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=400320&t=400269. Read it if you wish- it will take a while, and even longer if you really want to digest it, LOL. Lots of dead ends and such that I finally decided to leave there just in case they might be help to somebody, or not. But I solved that issue. Feel free to continue that thread with me and the others who patiently slogged through it with me... (thanks all of you !!!). Or email me privately as a couple others have done- up to you.
But let me answer your questions here, in the context of THIS thread which deals with reed breakin.
Yes, I insist on my precious double high B and C. Any reed that wouldn't play them after breakin and adjustment I would call a loser. But I don't encounter any reeds these days that fail solely for that reason, conversely- any reed that plays well overall, will also play high B and C. That's what I mean by "I solved that issue".
Your other questions about mouthpieces, embouchure, and such- I think belong in the other thread. The short answer is that I experimented a bunch and found embouchure and technique was at least 90% of the game... as I suspected at the beginning but was hoping the right equipment change would fix but it didn't. Or perhaps the deal is that the right technique avoids having to have the perfect equipment. Very recently I did rediscover how important it is not to have any leaks or such, that's ANOTHER thread, LOL.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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