Klarinet Archive - Posting 001046.txt from 1999/03

From: Larry Zaidan <larryzaidan@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Beginners Squeek!
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:22:01 -0500

Dear listers,

I have a question for you: I have a fourth grade beginning clarinet student
who is having difficulty getting a tone. She can't seem to get anything
but a squeek. Things that I've already told her are: Not to "bite" on the
reed too much. I had her play on just a mouthpiece, to get the feeling of
how to blow the notes. With the mouthpiece on the instrument, tested a try
to play the bottom-line E, figuring that it is a fairly easy note to start
on. I checked the reed, and it seemed good. I have also mentioned to her
about making sure use lots of air.

Is there any strategy that you have used successfully in the past to help
beginners get past this annoying stage?

Thanks in advance,

Larry Zaidan

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