Are reeds your best friend or worst enemy?

Reeds: Nice or evil?

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This poll closed on November 13, 2004.
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[Dark Warp]

GhettoPhoenix

AsaiElarien

I play b flat clarinet with a two and a half van doren reed razz




And what was that about double tonguing?

Instead of using a single sylible "Da" sometimes to tongue fast notes you double tongue. (Basically if you don't have a reed you can do it) To double tongue you use two sylibles "Da" and "Ga" alternating. Like so
Da-Ga-Da-Ga etc. That allows you to go faster. Apparently one clarinet tried it and cut up her tongue so the rest of us don't even try.

the girl I like did it and it broke her reed then she got a thicker reed tried it and it cut her tounge xp

[stapledheart]

I love my bassoon reeds. Sometimes they seem to not like me. I do punish them at these times though by filing them and cutting them and pliering them until they become the kindly fellows they should be. When they are being good, I decorate them with a pretty rainbow turban. Hooray for reeds, especially bassoon reeds! It is tragic when one dies though.

[Satin Doll]

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Reeds are hateful. I started playin' oboe in sixth grade and picked up trombone in eighth... The fact that brass are reedless are majorly helpful. I adore the oboe though, I just don't particularly like reeds.

Another factor of my dislike for reeds could probably be the fact that up until recently I used machine-made reeds. Now I'm buying hand-made ones, and they are really helping my tone and stuff.
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[kat_roha]

I don't mind a reed. I can't buzz my lips or whatever brass players do, so without a reed I probably wouldn't be in band.

[Jude Fawley]

Alto sax? PAH! Tenor is where it's at. Though I do hate reeds, I HATE THEM SO MUCH!

[the_blonde_one]

I play flute but it was open evening so myself and my two friends were playing our instruments. For a bit of fun we were trying to play each other instruments. I could get a note out of the cornet but the reed on my friends saxophone completely threw me. I hate reeds scream

[RoanokoDarkHeart]

Snowfire159

Just wondering....how many woodwind players hate having to use reeds or like them? I think I know the answer, but...just out of curiosity, let me know. biggrin

I HATE MY REEDS! lol, they are always misaligned with my mouthpiece and the break so easy!!! iam using 3 1/2 reedfs now so they haven;t broken as much!

[Tisaganshi Kazuki]

BOTH!!

[confused1~129]

i love reeds now but i dont like the price of them i play the oboe so they make the prices inse that could be why almost know onw plays it. Hmmm...

[AzureCaterri]

Ive been playing clarinet now for 4 years, and I like my reeds! They're expensive though, and I hate when they break. I feel so bad about throwing them away crying I like that poem though, foooney!