I play clarinet using a 2.5 Vandoren reed. The sound is a bit thin at the high end, which I know is largely me still being quite new to it, but I'd like a slightly thicker reed to make me sound less tinny!
However, a Vandoren 3 is just too hard-going. It's too breathy and even my teacher recommended me to just stick with the 2.5.
So i was just thinking that ideally I could do with a 2.75, when I found this chart online http://www.saxplus.com/reed-strength-chart.html
According to that, Ricos are slightly different hardness and fall between the Vandoren numbers. Yes, I'm going to actually get some and try them myself, but does anyone have any experience of this?
How accurate is the chart in terms of Rico vs Vandoren strengths?
http://www.saxplus.com/reed-strength-chart.html
However, a Vandoren 3 is just too hard-going. It's too breathy and even my teacher recommended me to just stick with the 2.5.
So i was just thinking that ideally I could do with a 2.75, when I found this chart online http://www.saxplus.com/reed-strength-chart.html
According to that, Ricos are slightly different hardness and fall between the Vandoren numbers. Yes, I'm going to actually get some and try them myself, but does anyone have any experience of this?
How accurate is the chart in terms of Rico vs Vandoren strengths?
http://www.saxplus.com/reed-strength-chart.html
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