if you want a big change in sound, trying different reeds is the 1st thing to do, don’t just think you have to change mouthpieces.
if all fails, then try a different mouthpiece.
but if you change mouthpiece, then you are back to square one, as all those reeds you tried out will play differently.
then when you’ve found the correct reed for your mouthpiece, try out a metal ligature and a non-metal ligature.
next i’m going to test out 7 different vandoren reeds.
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