Types of Clarinet Reeds

Video Transcript

"Hey, I'm Brian Medeiros and I'm going to explain the different types of clarinet reeds. There's a couple of different types of clarinet reeds. Well, first of all, all clarinet reeds are made for the clarinet. All different woodwind instruments have different size reeds. This is a wood reed. It's made from a reed like that comes out of a pond. There's pores in these reeds and they need to be wet before they're played. So, it important to wet both sides of this reed, because just like a reed in a lake or a pond, the pores carry the water from one side to the other. In the case of the reed on a woodwind instrument, the pores always go longways. I prefer a wood reed over a synthetic reed, which is a different type of reed. They look exactly the same. They are designed to be just like a wood reed, except it doesn't have the pores in it. And they say they do not need to be wet, although, in my opinion, I wet them anyway, just to keep the vibration sounding good on the clarinet. It kind of prevents squeaking. Anyway, those are the different types of the reeds for the clarinet. And my name's Brian Medeiros. Thanks a lot."