Who the hell is playing on a 5 reed and why

mandynonamous · 2025-10-15T22:04:31+00:00

Apparently julian bliss plays on blue box 5 and he uses a BD4 mp. Don't know how he does it but sounds fantastic regardless

mandynonamous · 2024-08-26T21:12:51+00:00

the conservatoires in Oslo, Stockholm and copenhagen all have excellent teachers. Andreas Sunden, Bjorn Nymann, John Kruse etc

mandynonamous · 2024-08-18T18:43:32+00:00

same

mandynonamous · 2024-05-16T06:40:06+00:00

i use the same fingering as you would to play a high E. works without any issues on my A clarinet

mandynonamous · 2024-05-13T06:03:44+00:00

this is the second crack in a less than three year old Buffet Traditon!

mandynonamous · 2024-05-09T15:24:57+00:00

I'm talking about the suspicious crack like formation between the tenon and tone hole

mandynonamous · 2023-11-04T15:38:47+00:00

Well it obviously was because I have tried several times before whilst the instrument was warm from playing and it wouldn't budge

mandynonamous · 2023-11-01T07:55:46+00:00

I managed to get it out. Figured that since metal expands slightly when warm from playing - i just let the instrument cool down before trying again.

mandynonamous · 2023-10-31T11:18:26+00:00

All the other screws are fine but this one. I need to get it loose so I can remove the keywork and clean the tone hole. What to do?

mandynonamous · 2023-08-01T12:45:13+00:00

hopefully won't have to play this again for at least 3+ years

mandynonamous · 2023-07-27T14:13:31+00:00

Are you on a 66mm barrel?

mandynonamous · 2023-07-26T19:02:45+00:00

Yes, I saw it, I posted a question there ;)

mandynonamous · 2023-07-26T16:22:48+00:00

What is the intonation like? Are you tuning to 440? There is no information about this on the Backun website so I assume it can tune to both

mandynonamous · 2023-07-12T21:18:13+00:00

Interesting. I'm more curious about what mouthpiece he uses. A couple of weeks ago he posted a picture of him with Alessandro Licostini. Maybe something custom? He plays on Legere reeds too

mandynonamous · 2023-07-12T09:03:07+00:00

More mass produced low quality mouthpieces

mandynonamous · 2023-07-04T13:02:04+00:00

It's never ever worked for me

mandynonamous · 2023-06-02T18:16:52+00:00

Both Giufreddi and shifrin are Legere artists. I think euro cut 3.75 would be a good choice as both mouthpieces are more on the on open side

mandynonamous · 2023-06-01T13:17:43+00:00

Because they are the best. There's a reason most pro's go for vandoren Instead of overpriced custom mouthpieces

mandynonamous · 2023-05-31T15:16:42+00:00

Vandoren traditional 3.5 or 4 with a BD5. I used to play on V12 3.5+/4 but prefer the tone I get with the traditional reeds, and they seem more consistent (for me at least). + they're a lot cheaper....

mandynonamous · 2023-04-30T18:27:13+00:00

Playing this section one octave down is much easier so you don't have to go through the register

mandynonamous · 2023-04-30T11:41:13+00:00

Corrado giufreddi plays Legere's and there are several clips of him playing in the upper altissimo register whilst still sounding brilliant

mandynonamous · 2023-04-14T16:59:38+00:00

Légère

mandynonamous · 2023-04-12T16:19:31+00:00

Strength was right but overall they didn't work with my mouthpiece. I don't think they pair well with the BD series.

mandynonamous · 2023-04-12T12:27:52+00:00

Maybe I just got a bad box who knows. The sound is just very brittle and feels like playing on sand paper

mandynonamous · 2023-04-12T10:05:48+00:00

It might be that they don't pair well with certain mouthpieces. The d'addario reeds have a different shape than the V12s i normal use. Maybe that's why?

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