Bari Band Clarinet Reeds

Advantages: extremely playable and very cheap
Disadvantages: horribly underrated

...for marching band the potential for a broken reed is high at every practice and every game, and almost all of us use ricos; same quality, not a big loss when you chip it during the run-on.... Read review

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Advantages: Clearer crisper sound
Disadvantages: None

...I have been playing the clarinet now for about 17 years. I began lessons when I was at secondary school and my first clarinet teacher started me with rico reeds. At the time, obviously not knowing any better I was happy enough with these and I do think that they are quite easy to use when you are just beginning. I probably used these for a year or two until the clarinet teacher at school changed and the new teacher did not approve of rico reeds whatsoever, and suggested (no actually, told me to buy) van doren reeds. Initially I was not happy at all because I felt that I struggled to get a note out of my clarinet with these new reeds, but once I got used to them there was no way that I would ever have changed back to rico reeds. I am sure that it is probably just down to preference, but I feel that you get a much crisper sound from... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Don't produce the Best tone in the World

...I began playing the clarinet when I was 11 years old, after several months of pestering my mum and dad. Although I wasn't particularly good when I started, I loved the look and feel of the instrument and I persevered, and I finally ended up as a music student at Leeds University with the clarinet as my first instrument. I didn't find the notes that hard when I was a kid; I could produce a tune without too many tears, but my tunes just didn't sound very nice until I'd got to about grade 6. A lot of young players experience the same problem, and the problem is really twofold- 1) producing a beautiful sound takes lots of practice, and 2) producing a really beautiful sound depends on your Reed. *****************What a Reed is all about******************* If don't play a Reed instrument you may well be wondering what I'm talking about, so I... Read review

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