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<blockquote data-quote="Veggie Dave" data-source="post: 256697" data-attributes="member: 4016">It&#039;s not a question of finding a reed specifically for altissimo - although it would be nice if there was such a thing as a reed that was perfect to use to learn altissimo. If only... <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2064%2064%22%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20dominant-baseline%3D%22central%22%20font-size%3D%2254%22%3E%F0%9F%98%89%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="22" height="22" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As it would seem that many players never really venture into this realm, their set-up doesn&#039;t have to be playable from low Bb to high A (or higher). Up to now I haven&#039;t really bothered with anything above high D, either, because I haven&#039;t really needed it. I have, however, worked hard to make sure I can hit bottom Bb with confidence.But now that I&#039;ve started to realise how important those notes can be and want to explore using them. When I started looking at my favourite players, most of whom do venture into those high realms, one of the things I noticed was how many of them played a 3.5 or equivalent reed (I also noticed that none of them seemed to go harder than 3.5 or softer than 3) so I wondered if this trend was shared by Cafe members who also regularly play altissimo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veggie Dave, post: 256697, member: 4016"] It's not a question of finding a reed specifically for altissimo - although it would be nice if there was such a thing as a reed that was perfect to use to learn altissimo. If only... ;) As it would seem that many players never really venture into this realm, their set-up doesn't have to be playable from low Bb to high A (or higher). Up to now I haven't really bothered with anything above high D, either, because I haven't really needed it. I have, however, worked hard to make sure I can hit bottom Bb with confidence. But now that I've started to realise how important those notes can be and want to explore using them. When I started looking at my favourite players, most of whom do venture into those high realms, one of the things I noticed was how many of them played a 3.5 or equivalent reed (I also noticed that none of them seemed to go harder than 3.5 or softer than 3) so I wondered if this trend was shared by Cafe members who also regularly play altissimo. [/QUOTE]

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