Klarinet Archive - Posting 000611.txt from 1998/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet overblowing
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 04:11:09 -0400

It sounds more like a left-hand fingering problem than an embouchure
problem to me.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Richard Sankovich wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:22:25 +0000
> From: Richard Sankovich <sanko@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Clarinet overblowing
>
> Here is weird problem that I would like to have advice on. I find it
> very easy to overblow all of my clarinets in the clarion register.
> All it takes is just the slightest increase in embrouchure pressure,
> and bingo, the pitch of the note has jumped up about a sixth! On
> many of the notes I can easily get it to overblow a second time, to a
> pitch that is about a fifth higher still. This overblowing happens
> so easily that I have to be very careful when playing in the clarion
> register to prevent it from happening. It feels almost like a leak
> or crack problem, except that it isn't, because it happens with all
> of my clarinets (Buffet R-13 B-flat and A, Noblet C, Conn B-flat),
> and all of them (except the A) use completely different mouthpieces,
> ligatures, and even reeds. So it is an embrouchure problem. Has
> anyone else ever experienced this sort of thing? I'd appreciate
> having your comments.
>
> ----Richard Sankovich
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