How to Make New Bassoon Reeds Sound Good (No Reed Making Tools or Experience Required!)
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Learn how to properly break in and adjust new bassoon reeds so that they feel and sound good. You don't need any prior reed making experience and you probably already have these tools laying around at home.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Which kind of reeds are best to buy?
00:57 Why don't my reeds work right away?
02:34 How to Properly Break in a New Bassoon Reed
08:00 Adjusting the Wires (Try This First)
11:00 Adjusting with Sandpaper
13:18 How to Get Additional Help
🙎🏼♀️ About Natalie:
Dr. Natalie Law is an active bassoonist and educator based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As an orchestral musician, she has most recently performed with the the Lansing Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and West Michigan Symphony. Natalie is a founding member of the Lansing-based woodwind quintet, Pure Winds, which was recently named a finalist for The American Prize and released an album under the Orpheus Classical music label. She has toured the United States as a performing artist and clinician at numerous institutions and conferences such as the Midwest Clinic and the International Double Reed Society Conference. Natalie received her DMA from Michigan State University, where she also obtained her Master's degree in bassoon performance. She completed her Bachelor's degrees in both bassoon performance and music education at the University of Montana. Her primary teachers have included Michael Kroth, Dorian Antipa, Elizabeth Crawford, and Jennifer Cavanaugh.
Natalie is passionate about teaching bassoonists. Having grown up in a rural area without a bassoon teacher for hundreds of miles, she understands the need for high quality and accessible online resources. That's why she founded and created Building a Bassoonist: to help students feel confident, successful, and enjoy learning this unique instrument!
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Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this i needed a video on reeds
Thanks Natalie! I've made some new blanks and have been putting off actually breaking them in. Patience isn't always my strong suit so I appreciate your really breaking down the process!
I'm impatient too, it's so easy to want to just jump into practicing without taking the time!
This is a really thorough video. I’ve been playing for almost 6 years and for my first couple of years I had no idea how to take care of my reeds. I wasn’t taking lessons and my band teacher didn’t know much about bassoons so I was kind of on my own. I wish I could go back and show myself this video. But I’m glad I know how to take care of reeds now!
It's always nice to have more than one good playable reed in your reed box. If you order several reeds, what do you recommend for their workup? Start one, before starting another, or maybe start all of them.
I had a hard time playing a new reed I had just ordered but this video was really helpful! Thanks!
Love to hear that, thank you!
This video was very helpful! Thank you! I just started playing after about 40 years. I just bought 3 reeds and one didn't play and I was going to complain to the seller. hahaha Now after following your recommendations, it plays beautifully!!!!!
Love it! So glad this could help. Hope you have fun returning to bassoon!
@@BuildingaBassoonist Thanks! I'm turning 60 this year and happier than ever! I didn't realize how much I missed it! watching your series is helping a lot!
What a fantastic video, thank you.
You’re so welcome!
I'm literally on day three of breaking in two new reeds, so this was a very timely video (although, I'm not having any major issues with these reeds, so no adjustments needed yet)
Hallelujah for no major issues 🙌
Thanks so much for this.
I came to bassoon after years on the oboe. Still trying to get my head around the idea of immersing the *whole reed*! I hardly dare...
I know a lot of people feel that way which is why I mention it! There is cane underneath that thread that needs to be soaked so that it seals on the bocal and also allows the whole reed to vibrate evenly!
I also was taught to soak up to the first wire, but my professor was apparently old school! Started playing again last year after decades of focusing on my other instruments, I saw my section leader literally toss a handful of reeds into a bottle of water - immersing them completely. I couldn’t believe it, but she insisted it’s fine. Now I understand why!
Thanks you Natalie, my 12 year old now knows what to do with his reed (and I do too)
Thank you
Thanks this really helped my and I’m able to play more clearly now, thanks a lot, and I just might buy some reeds👍 bc I am in need but thanks for the tips it helped a lot
So glad this helped!
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