Someone tell me about plastic reeds for alto saxophone
I have plastic reeds for alto saxophone! They are pretty good. They last longer and sound great. The down sides to them are that they are harder to play on and cost more than wood reeds. As for if they sound good, it depends on if you can blow hard enough. But if you can, they sound a lot better than wood reeds (in my opinion). And, if you practice with the plastic reeds a lot, you will get used to them. When I enter in a competition though, my private lessons teacher recommends me to use the wood reeds. The plastic reeds are good reeds for practicing though! Good luck! =]
I play clarinet, but I was asked to learn bass clarinet to cover a part once. I tried using a plastic reed to make it easier to play. The tone wasn't great at all. I ended up using a wood reed, and it really wasn't that much work. I was considering using them on the alto sax to help when I learned that instrument, but I've choosen instead to use a very soft reed instead (it's not my major instrument, so I don't practice it often enough to work at using a hard reed)
I am a band director in a district that doesn't have a whole lot of money. When plastic reeds came along with the promise of lasting so long, I looked into them to see if they would be a good alternative that would be cheaper in the long run than traditional cane reeds. The professional reed players all had the same response: Plastic reeds play terribly. Bad tone quality, bad intonation, and hard to play on. I would steer clear of them. For the price for one, you could get a couple good cane reeds.
I actually don't know. I've been wanting to try plastic reeds for a while, at least for marching. The tone I don't think is as good as on a wooden reed, but I'm not sure. I would just stick with the Vandoren. That's what I use now, except I switch between a 3 and a 4.
well, Ive never uesed them for sax, but have used them for oboe. They hold up a whole lot longer than the real reeds and you didnt have to pre wet them, but the tone wasnt guite the same. Im guessing the same would be true for plastic sax reeds.
