Stevie D Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 if we play a free reed instrument, what is the alternative? A fixed reed? And what would that be? Woodwinds? My clarinet playing father never heard a term other then woodwind. So, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Łukasz Martynowicz Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The answer is beating reed.The difference is that in free reeds, the tongue swings freely through the opening in the shoe, while the beating reed is slightly larger than the opening that it's fitted onto so it is beating against it to cut the airflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Lost my original reply to the smartphone nirvana, so I just add the following: the free reed vibrates more or less in its own frequency, and thus has to be tuned, whereas the beating reed is just stimulating an air column to vibrate in its own - variable - frequency (by beating either against a mouthpiece or, in case of a double reed, one against the other). Besides, in German nomenclature it would be said that a reed is either beating freely (free reed = durchschlagende Zunge) or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie D Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 And this is why I asked here. beating, I would never have guessed as the opposite! Thanks to both Lukasz and Wolf for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 ...an incarcerated reed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradewinds Ted Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) indentured reed! (Edit: I've seen some clarinet reeds that have been badly chewed!) Edited February 11, 2015 by Tradewinds Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Expensive reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Michel Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Required reeding. Bob Michel Near Philly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maki Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Slave reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 For my squeezebox, I paid quite a fee! But it got me to thinking:"Let's see... The cost is quite nice If you think what the price Would have been if the reeds weren't free!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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