Help!!!!!!!!!!

[Dakota]

I have two short reed goose calls, one an H.S. Slammer and the other a Knight&Hale. I can't get a single correct sound out of either one of them. I can easily work a Primos Canada goose flute and even won the Ace Hardware goose calling contest (17 & under) with it. How do you work the short reeds? Thanks for any help you can offer.

Dakota

[boomer]

Best thing to do is get a dvd of some kind. I've Shawn Stahl's Honker Talk dvd I really liked it. Just takes alot of practice. Like on a flute you blow and say words to get sounds. On a sr you need to push the air and use your tonuge to cut the air off to make the sound.

[double_drop]

get a dvd for sure. I know I had a hammer and it sounded just fine but got rid of it for a SMH

[DU_man_84]

yep its hard to explain it, you will be way better off with a instructional dvd, foiles callin geese is a good one, there are lots of good ones out there but a dvd will benefit with instructions and views of the actually hands on of a call

[Palssonater]

There is a night and day difference between a flute and Short Reed. Use your "guts" rather than you cheeks. Shawn Stahl's video is by far the best out there for teaching the way of the Short Reed.

Cut your air flow in half and just work on the first note of the whoooo-it.....wait until you get that low first note, almost like a moan (whoooo whoooo whooo) then close off the it by center portion of your tounge to the top of your mouth to make the it.

I found it really difficult to switch, but once I did, I'll never go back.