Klarinet Archive - Posting 000443.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Palatial Air Leak
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 04:38:26 -0500

This *does* seem likely. I get it too, especially if I've picked a reed
that's a bit too stiff.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Ginger Hill wrote:

> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:32:04 -0500
> From: Ginger Hill <musicgirl82@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Palatial Air Leak
>
> Hi. I've only been playing for 8 years, so I probably don't have a clue
> what I'm talking about, but i think your problem might be tiredness. When
> I'm playing too long my armbrochure gets to the point where i can't hold
> it tight, and air leaks out. You may not know it but it may be the air
> leaking out of the sides of your mouth that you're hearing and not your
> throat.
> Well, I tried. I hope it made SOME sense. I'm sorry. :)
> ~Ginger
> -------original message-----------------
> Hi. I'm a music performance student at Indiana State University. I
> need to know if any of you have had a problem such as this. Whenever
> I play for an extended period of time, a sound comes out of my throat
> that sounds like an air leak. I think it's called a Palatial Air
> Leak (I remember reading something about it in the clarinet journal).
> I have tried everything short of cutting my head off, and that
> incessant noise still comes from my throat. Do any of you know what
> it is?
>
> Yours Truly,
>
> Ricardo
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