Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:air leak
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:41:54 -0400

This might be stating the obvious, but if a new reed turns out to be too
stiff, you can also leak air through being unable to keep up the muscular
effort needed to maintain the embouchure.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, David C. Blumberg wrote:

> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 07:59:07 -0400
> From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] re:air leak
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> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:19:10 -0400 (EDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
> Subject: Re: [kl]Meyer
> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 GTGallant@-----.com wrote:
> > I did like Paul Meyer's playing, but too small of a sound
> > and a massive air leak.
> This quote reminded me to repost something I'd asked the list (about a
> student with an air leak) a couple of months ago; how common are air leaks
> and what do teachers and performers do to overcome them, or are they not
> generally considered a serious flaw in playing?
> Peter Stoll
> Instructor, Univ.of Toronto
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> An air leak (grunting too)can not be heard by the audience (at least in an
> an Orchestral setting). Water in the tone, can be heard by all. If the
> microphones are close enough, the air can also be heard on the recording. I
> have a recording of a Clarinetist (name not given-major Orchestral
> position) who leaks air so much that it sounds like a tornado when it gets
> louder. The upper lip can stop an air leak by sealing it with the fleshy,
> wet part. Also, when playing at louder dynamics if the reed is too soft,
> the air must go somewhere, and will tend to leak (either that, or the reed
> will close from the excess air pressure).
>
> David Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
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