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Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2017-02-06 05:43
Hi Sarah. I love to play on easy low resistance reeds and every time I"ve actually spent the time to make reeds myself they usually end up as easy blowing reeds. However , anything higher than D above the 2nd leger line you can forget about. You'll need a reed with good resistance to go any higher. The real trick is to have a reed that responds well through the entire compass (range) of the Oboe up to high G (4th leger line) At the moment I'm using the Howarth medium (M) & medium soft (MS) reeds when I play on purchased reeds. What I like about these commercial Howarth reeds is that they actually play straight away after the necessary soaking. However the MS reeds are too low a resistance to go any higher than D . Tne Ms are much better for the higher notes.
Skyfacer
Post Edited (2017-02-06 05:52)
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SarahC |
2017-02-06 02:31 |
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oboi |
2017-02-06 04:16 |
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Re: How do u know when u need a harder Reed? new |
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Barry Vincent |
2017-02-06 05:43 |
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SarahC |
2017-02-06 14:09 |
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Barry Vincent |
2017-02-06 15:48 |
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Jeltsin |
2017-02-09 00:25 |
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oboist2 |
2017-02-15 03:18 |
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SarahC |
2017-03-27 03:20 |
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