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 Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:40 am
It's my second year in marching band (and I play clarinet) and during the football games and competitions my reed always gets cold or something and it's hard to play on.
Does anyone have a solution to my problem?
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:11 pm
ShippudenVampire It's my second year in marching band (and I play clarinet) and during the football games and competitions my reed always gets cold or something and it's hard to play on.
Does anyone have a solution to my problem? SYNTHETIC REEDS FTW biggrin . go down to your local music store, ask if they have any synthetic reeds. my favorite are "bari" brand synthetic reeds. but there are also "fibracell" which looks like cane, but isn't completely natural. if i remember correctly, rico makes a plastic coated reed that is pretty good. all of these are excellent choices that will solve your problems smile
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:11 pm
ShippudenVampire It's my second year in marching band (and I play clarinet) and during the football games and competitions my reed always gets cold or something and it's hard to play on.
Does anyone have a solution to my problem?
My advice is to keep it in your mouth as much as possible and keep your hand on your neck so you don't go flat DX
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:02 pm
nevershoutevan ShippudenVampire It's my second year in marching band (and I play clarinet) and during the football games and competitions my reed always gets cold or something and it's hard to play on.
Does anyone have a solution to my problem?
My advice is to keep it in your mouth as much as possible and keep your hand on your neck so you don't go flat DX
That's what I do for my saxophone! =D
My friend who plays clarinet got a synthetic reed...it's handled all of the downpours we've played in better than a normal reed, that's for sure. xd
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:44 pm
i always get a reed one size smaller for marching. like, if i'm playin in concert, i use a 4M (or 4 1/2) but when i march, 3Ms are better cuz 1) it's easier to play a smaller size dry and 2) it's easier to get a nice loud sound, but it's not so drastic of a change that it messes with your tone.
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:37 pm
What I think you need to do is try to keep the reed moist as much as possible but don't make it excessively wet. I'd put it in my mouth for a few seconds everytime I think it's starting to get dry. It also helps to blow into your instrument but control your airflow so that air goes into the instrument WITHOUT making a sound.
And I wouldn't do that 'use a smaller reed for different occasions' thing. It's possible that it could start messing with your embochure. It would help if you do it only for a short while then going back to your usual reed strength but prolonged use of a smaller reed could make it hard to reset your embochure to playing a stronger reed.
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:39 pm
Chiu Nanako
What I think you need to do is try to keep the reed moist as much as possible but don't make it excessively wet. I'd put it in my mouth for a few seconds everytime I think it's starting to get dry. It also helps to blow into your instrument but control your airflow so that air goes into the instrument WITHOUT making a sound.
And I wouldn't do that 'use a smaller reed for different occasions' thing. It's possible that it could start messing with your embochure. It would help if you do it only for a short while then going back to your usual reed strength but prolonged use of a smaller reed could make it hard to reset your embochure to playing a stronger reed.i'll reiterate the statement i made in the "new reed" thread...if you have to change your embouchure to play on a new/different reed..YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG smile
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:54 pm
Excuse me, but I can play perfectly fine with just a little warm up on all my reeds including new ones of the same brand and strength.
I'm saying that it's bad to constantly switch reed strengths because it will start to mess with your embouchure.
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:23 pm
BUY MORE REEDS AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR BAG
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:02 pm
Heres some reed advice.
Last year was my first year playing clarinet (6th grade) and we went to a contest/ competition. ((Our band got a 1!!!!!! it's a very perty trophy too! ^__^)) Well I signed up to do a solo and I had to wait FOREVER until it was my turn. Well I was so nervous that I like barely sucked on my reed and my solo piece didn't sound as pretty as it should have. so heres the advice to my long story: "SUCK ON YOUR REED A LOT BEFORE YOU PLAY YOUR SOLO PIECE FOR THE JUDGE!" so I was really really afraid that I'd get like a 5 but I got a 1 because it was a not as strict competition. but this year we are going to oklahoma city and it's suposed to be wayy stricter so I'm really scared. its like 3 months away but still...
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:34 am
KayKay1220 Heres some reed advice. Last year was my first year playing clarinet (6th grade) and we went to a contest/ competition. ((Our band got a 1!!!!!! it's a very perty trophy too! ^__^)) Well I signed up to do a solo and I had to wait FOREVER until it was my turn. Well I was so nervous that I like barely sucked on my reed and my solo piece didn't sound as pretty as it should have. so heres the advice to my long story: "SUCK ON YOUR REED A LOT BEFORE YOU PLAY YOUR SOLO PIECE FOR THE JUDGE!" so I was really really afraid that I'd get like a 5 but I got a 1 because it was a not as strict competition. but this year we are going to oklahoma city and it's suposed to be wayy stricter so I'm really scared. its like 3 months away but still... saliva has enzymes which are meant for digesting food. the reeds that are used to make reeds(go figure) have their own chemicals which resist being digested as food. if you salivate(suck) on your reeds, the reed will become wet, but it won't sound as good as possible. instead of sucking on your reed, you should soak it in a small container of water. reeds naturally soak up water. your reed will be wet, soft, and it won't be resisting anything so it will be free to vibrate.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:02 pm
KayKay1220 Heres some reed advice. Last year was my first year playing clarinet (6th grade) and we went to a contest/ competition. ((Our band got a 1!!!!!! it's a very perty trophy too! ^__^)) Well I signed up to do a solo and I had to wait FOREVER until it was my turn. Well I was so nervous that I like barely sucked on my reed and my solo piece didn't sound as pretty as it should have. so heres the advice to my long story: "SUCK ON YOUR REED A LOT BEFORE YOU PLAY YOUR SOLO PIECE FOR THE JUDGE!" so I was really really afraid that I'd get like a 5 but I got a 1 because it was a not as strict competition. but this year we are going to oklahoma city and it's suposed to be wayy stricter so I'm really scared. its like 3 months away but still... I did that once, but it wasn't ast competition, audition or a concert. It was in front of my church youth goupXD Trying to play "colors of the wind" for them and forgetting to wet my reed. And then afterwords everyone was like "You did so good"
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