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Author: Ven
Date: 2005-05-24 10:55
Yes it does mean something, first of all it says how hard your reed is, second of all the harder the reed the better the sound, but to play reeds" 3 1/2 and above you have to have lots of experience and a strong embroche(I probably spelled that incorrectly).
Ven
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Author: Larry Criff
Date: 2005-05-24 17:13
It doesnt matter if you mispelled the word.A person with any common sense would know what you were talking about and what you meant.A person with alot of "booknowledge", will probably make a point to correct your grammar,they always do.Its okay to misspell words.Most people will know what you were talking about.
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Author: Ryan
Date: 2005-05-25 00:39
No kidding, if you make a post, make it something musical, or related to music, this is not a place where we insult other people, he was just making a funny comment at how he might of spelt it wrong... it doesn't matter.
- Later, Ryan
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2005-05-25 01:02
stop bickering and back to reeds. the harder the reed, is not better a sound. the best sound is reeds between 3 and 4. weaker ones are for learning on and ones above are for novelty purposes and those who think stronger is better. i personally moved down to a three becasue the tone was better. if you have too strong of a reed, you can get an airy sound that is very undesirable. i have vandoren 5's and they do not sound good at all, and my v-12 size 3's give a bueatiful tone, find the reed which gives you a good sound, not neccissarily a high number. hope this helps.
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Author: Musical Lottie
Date: 2005-05-26 13:40
As mentioned before, the numbes indicate the strength of the reed. However these vary between companies, eg a Rico 3 is softer than a Vandoren 3. As for above 3 1/2, they' generally for people with tremendous breath support, as well as strong embouchure (mouth shape.) But I've found that the most impotant factor is breath support, which is why learners generally have the softer ones.
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Author: Jessi
Date: 2005-05-27 00:09
You idiot! Those are the numbers for the softness and hardness of the reed. (That also makes it easier and harder to play) I know that and I don't even use a reed for my instrument!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Ven
Date: 2005-05-27 01:06
Jessi, you are a very rude person, whoever moderates this place will you please check put jessi's posts?
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Author: elanah
Date: 2005-05-27 02:30
yeah ive already put in my 2 cents about how this site should be used for woodwind questions and not stupid bickering... the reed numbers refer to the stregnth which comes from the hardness, softness, thickness, thiness. all reeds are different and some people prefer their reeds to be harder or softer depending on what instruments they are playing or the music they are playing. our school requires all clarinetist to be at at least a 3 1/2 reed by their freshman year... there are first year clarinet players i know that are already on a 3 1/2 because of how they can already handle their air.
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Author: Musical Lottie
Date: 2005-06-09 20:52
I don't think that's fair - I know someone who has the capacity to play a 4 but is far more comfotable with a 2. Not sure why because he has geat beath suppot / control. And anyway, what if someone's on a 3 with great control but not quite the support fo a 3 1/2?
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