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 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:29 pm
i play clarinet on 3 1/2s. just recently switched back to it. my bd last year told me not to use my 3 1/2s and use 3s, but this year theyre like if you can play with it, then play with it! so...actually yesterday...i switched back to 3 1/2s. im so happy.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:50 am
I suggest You try out Those Half-Plastic reeds >w< There reed covered in Black sparkley Plastic.
It's alot easier to play if you use them when playing Low Woodwinds, Like me.
No Bamboo-ish taste, and they don't need to be weted!
Only downside is for Bass Clairenet there hard to find so I play Alto Plastic-Reeds on Bass. So Its sounds kinda funny.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:40 am
Hi everyone!
I play oboe. And I've used Jones reeds since I started playing, but when they took them off the shelves of my local music store, I switched to La Voz, which aren't that bad.
Are La Voz reeds hand-made? I've been told to buy hand-made reeds to play on, but I don't know where to get them.
ANd then I found a web site called The Charles Double Reed Company... that say that their reeds are handmade. Does anyone buy reeds from there? How are they?
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:15 pm
i play bass clarinet..i use a 2.5 reed, tried a 3 but it took too much breath!
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:16 pm
Lets see here, On tenor sax, I've been playing on 3 1/2 Vandoren V-16s and ZZs. On Bass clarinet I've been using vandoren 3 1/2s sometimes 4s, on clarinet, I've been using vandoren 4s or Mitchell Lurie 4s. Bari sax I've been stickin to vandoren 3 1/2s
Personally I like the taste of the reeds. Call me crazy lol lol...
Then again I'm on my 10th year of playing, so might be why.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:36 am
i play on a medium-hard(i havent seen any use the term before except me so i hope its right) reed for oboe, i used a rico 2 for the clarinet.
can some please help me, im going to solofest & i need to get a good reed, im new on the oboe so i dont really know what brand i should get! please what brand should i get?(i have a private teacher who makes his own reeds but he wont teach me how till im in high school sad )
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:04 am
I have not played the clarinet in years. sad However, I do remember starting with Rico's, and eventually converting over to Vandoren 3.5's. In high school, the teacher gave me some free reeds, which I thought were pretty cool since they tasted like cinnamon. whee They were called Flavoreeds, go figure. I don't remember them being too bad to play with either.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:25 pm
the best clarinet reeds in the world are vandoren v-16's the best place to buy them is at muncywinds.com at this site u can also buy really cheap mouthpieces. but reeds are really all bout preference what ever works for you ya know...
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:19 am
The Curly Wonder I play Vandoren V-12 reeds strength 3 1/2, but I'm thinking of switching to Mitchell Lurie reeds because I've heard good things about them. I have 2 Vandoren V-12 reeds strength 4 1/2 and then I just got a Mitchell Lurie to try it out and they sound WAY better!
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:35 pm
I play a reed instrument. I don't really mind it that much, but your lips become very dry in the first year. That's the only thing I didn't like.
Also, one time when we were performing for the non-band students in our class, I was wetting my reed, and I did something with my arm that made me bump my reed and it got stuck to the roof of my mouth. I actually broke a piece of the end off and I had to get a new reed (plus I had to get the bit in my mouth out)
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:38 pm
I really wanted to vote *Too busy sticking drumsticks up nose and imitating a walrus to answer*, but I don't own any drum sticks.... crying
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:29 pm
I play on a size 3 reed (clarinet). Sometime I want to get a flavored reed but I'll have to special order it through my BD (there aren't any music stores in my town).Does anyone know if those are even any good?
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:52 am
ohmechathree ... then I found a web site called The Charles Double Reed Company... that say that their reeds are handmade. Does anyone buy reeds from there? How are they? I get my reed stuff from there (I make my own). Good stuff!! I play bassoon so YMMV.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:39 pm
any one here play flute?
if you do, have you ever played a saprano sax? it is hard! I could some what play it, but my cheeks started to hurt after a while. xp i must learn!!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:50 pm
--alone4ever1210-- i play on a medium-hard(i havent seen any use the term before except me so i hope its right) reed for oboe, i used a rico 2 for the clarinet.
can some please help me, im going to solofest & i need to get a good reed, im new on the oboe so i dont really know what brand i should get! please what brand should i get?(i have a private teacher who makes his own reeds but he wont teach me how till im in high school sad ) Medium hard?! Oh, wait, you're not in high school yet. It's a common mistake for beginners to use really hard reeds, which kill tone better than ninjas. I did it in Junior High too. I'm a junior now and I use a medium-soft. Best reeds (in my opinion) are as follows. Machine-made: Emerald. I highly reccomend it. Get a medium. Hand-made: order from hodgeproductsinc.com. Get a medium-soft, because anything harder than a medium is only half finished. Some other playing tips: for a tighter embouchure, squeeze the reed horizontally instead of vertically to get a more open, fuller sound. Squeezing your reed shut will give the oboe a pinched sound.
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