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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:09 pm
doesn't depend on years played depends on skill almost three years and i'm getting closer to a four by the second if only i practiced emo wink
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:11 pm
vandoren reeds rule rico suck evil twisted
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:19 pm
duh1vampire vandoren reeds rule rico suck evil twisted Rico Royals aren't too bad. Prsonally, i don't have a reed preference. I used to use vandorens, but money shortages caused me to have to use rico royals, like the rest of my section. I actually found that it was easier to paly a brand new rico royal then a brand new vandoren(the latter usually takes me a few days to get a good sound out of.) Rico Royals I have also found tend to sound better. I do agree that Ricos are terrible, jsut not rico royals. I'm pretty sure normal Ricos are the reeds that werent up to snuff...
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:16 am
duh1vampire doesn't depend on years played depends on skill almost three years and i'm getting closer to a four by the second if only i practiced emo wink e.e it has ALMOST nothing to do with skill. as soon as you are at least a decent reed player, reed size is determined by the MOUTHPIECE. NOT your skill or how long you've played. sure, a beginner won't be able to play a size 4 reed, but that doesn't mean if you're good you HAVE to play a size 4 or higher.
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:59 am
hey did u guys know they make plastic reeds o-o i was at my football game yeserday sitting in teh stands and one of the sax players had a plastic reed. o-o i would love those... bc like it would never chip, i have issues with that bc of my stupid braces.. >.< everytime i accdently hit my teeth theres usually a hole in the damn reed TT^TT
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:03 pm
The_Moons_Reject hey did u guys know they make plastic reeds o-o i was at my football game yeserday sitting in teh stands and one of the sax players had a plastic reed. o-o i would love those... bc like it would never chip, i have issues with that bc of my stupid braces.. >.< everytime i accdently hit my teeth theres usually a hole in the damn reed TT^TT I'm pretty sure they're called synthetic reeds. And they have bad tone quality; people usually only use them for marching band.
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:10 pm
The Color Fiend The_Moons_Reject hey did u guys know they make plastic reeds o-o i was at my football game yeserday sitting in teh stands and one of the sax players had a plastic reed. o-o i would love those... bc like it would never chip, i have issues with that bc of my stupid braces.. >.< everytime i accdently hit my teeth theres usually a hole in the damn reed TT^TT I'm pretty sure they're called synthetic reeds. And they have bad tone quality; people usually only use them for marching band. i am in the marching band razz and i just saw them yeserday so there new to me xP
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:14 pm
hey i am in the marching band what school do yall go to
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:32 pm
Does any one know if leather ligatures are better for tone than metal ones? I'm in 8th grade, and on band night where we got to play with high schoolers, I saw that most of them were using leather ones.
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:27 pm
[quoteDoes any one know if leather ligatures are better for tone than metal ones? I'm in 8th grade, and on band night where we got to play with high schoolers, I saw that most of them were using leather ones.
I don't think that it matters a whole lot... but I might be wrong.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:33 am
we try to play "incantation and ritual" and "ancient moon" on our clarinets and it sounds like random notes smooshed together. the bass clarinet player plays to loud and cant play the right notes. there are only 10 clarinet players in our 7th grade band (i am part of the 7th grade band) and we are the quietest and smallest part. the drummers get yelled at alot because they play alot louder than the clarinets so we cant be heard. we are very unpopular. why is that? clarinets are alot better than any other instrument. i dont understand it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:49 pm
oh my gosh i just started 3 months ago. i feel like a noob. sad
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:45 pm
it doesn't matter what material your ligature is made out of
been playing for over 10 years
started out with a metal one, eventually it busted and my dad surprised me one day with a new ligature and it was made out of plastic .. the people at the music store told him it would last longer, and it was brand new, and it wouldn't be slipping up and down as I play like the old one.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:08 pm
Jess0831 it doesn't matter what material your ligature is made out of been playing for over 10 years started out with a metal one, eventually it busted and my dad surprised me one day with a new ligature and it was made out of plastic .. the people at the music store told him it would last longer, and it was brand new, and it wouldn't be slipping up and down as I play like the old one. you sure are pretty ignorant for playing 10 years. ligature material, while not as important as the piece, can have a drastic effect on the tone of a reed instrument. leather ligatures tend to have a "darker" tone quality than a metal ligature. metal ligatures, although "brighter", play louder...which will help you be heard. since it's not ALWAYS the tone quality you're looking for, being louder isn't always better..because what's the point of being heard if you don't sound as good as you should sound? also, plastic ligatures are usually going to play more like metal ones, only quieter and a little darker. also, the more area of the reed that is being covered by the ligature will mellow the sound and make you quieter. the less area being covered will usually harsh your sound and make you louder. remember, though, these are only generalizations. you can have a harsh leather mouthpiece, a mellow metal mouthpiece, etc.
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