Klarinet Archive - Posting 000973.txt from 1997/10

From: pmedina@-----.net
Subj: bad tone
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 00:56:45 -0400

I teach woodwinds in a middle school and am lucky enough to have the
beginner clarinets all by themselves. I always seem to have one clarinet
player who plays very flat. The embouchure looks good and when I play with
the student, she matches my pitch after some work. What is she doing to
play so flat in the first place? She is on a normandy clarinet, a B45 mpc
and size 3 Vandoren reeds( I didn't recommend the size, the music
supervisor does that). They have all been playing for 10 weeks now.

TIA

Pat