Klarinet Archive - Posting 000731.txt from 1997/02

From: R Tennenbaum <rtenn@-----.COM>
Subj: bass clarinet over the break problem
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:52:46 -0500

> but above the break all I can produce is a bad sounding b c and c#,
> and higher up mostly no sound at all. I have a new Vito bass to low Es.
> I still use the mouthpiece that came with it (Woodwind Company) and
> Vandoren no.2 bass clarinet reeds.

When I picked up the bass I was in a similar rut, until I started
trying to play it as I remembered playing soprano, with a sense of
holding a tone, rather than trying to blow "through" the horn. I
think switching to bass brings an anxiety absent from even sax
doubling.
Rafe T.
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