Klarinet Archive - Posting 000399.txt from 1997/07

From: licoricestick2@-----.com (A M)
Subj: Bass clarinet friend
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 16:20:10 -0400

Hi everyone!

My friend will be going to a music camp this summer with me. She
normally plays the tenor sax, but she was chosen to attend playing the
bass clarinet. She has little clarinet experience--she started on
clarinet, and then switched to tenor, and she was in my school's clarinet
choir last year (on contrabass). She is really nervous about going since
she is having difficulty playing the bass. Does anyone have any
suggestions or advice to make the transition easier? Anything that she
can do to improve her range? She can currently play from a low Eb to
about a fourth-space E or a fifth-line F. Her clarinet squeaks a lot b/c
her embouchure isn't used to it. She is really getting discouraged.
Please help us--I need for her to play better so I won't have to hear her
whining at camp! ;-)

Thanks a lot in advance! :-)

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