Klarinet Archive - Posting 001059.txt from 1999/03

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginners Squeek!
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:22:14 -0500

Before you get involved with all the various ways to fix the student, make
absolutely certain the instrument or mouthpiece isn't at fault. That means
you're going to have to play on her mouthpiece at least a little to make
sure it isn't a badly made mouthpiece that's causing the trouble.

Once that's eliminated, the other things that sometimes cause beginner
squeaks are too much reed/mouthpiece in the mouth and very occasionally a
student putting his/her tongue against the reed and keeping it there while
trying to blow a note. Usually this happens after you've tried to get the
student to tongue and he/she misunderstands your instructions.

Karl Krelove

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Zaidan <larryzaidan@-----.net>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 6:00 PM
Subject: [kl] Beginners Squeek!

>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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