Klarinet Archive - Posting 001123.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Baker <bill_chris@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Of mouthpieces & reeds
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:45:12 -0500

If you've only been playing a year, don't get discouraged if you're having
difficulty smoothly going from one register to another, that takes time.
What mouthpiece did the music store have you get?

Chris

At 07:37 3/20/99 , you wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>I have a 1962 Buffett R-13 with a Van Doren B 45 mouthpiece. I've used
>the Van Doren silver reeds with it almost exclusively (2 1/2 & 3) I've
>just purchased some Mitchell Lurie #3 which seem to give me more squeaks
>than I am usually able to produce.
>
>I've been playing for nearly a year now. I have a teacher. She teaches
>flute, piano and clarinet, with clarinet being the instrument with which
>she is least familiar. When I needed a mouthpiece for the R-13 I was
>purchasing I asked her what to get. She told me to get whatever the
>music store told me to get. I did. I'm wondering if I made a mistake.
>Clearly, I'm still developing my embouchure, along with everything else.
>This is my first woodwind instrument. I have been playing in the upper
>register for a couple of months now and still have difficulty going
>smoothly from upper to lower and back again. I'm still in Rubank's
>Elementary Method book with a few supplemental books from which to play.
>
>My first instrument is classic guitar, which I've been studying for 13
>months. I practice about 4 or 5 times a week on clarinet, in case that
>matters about reeds and mouthpieces. If I play with a Van Doren #3 my
>embouchure fatigues rather quickly. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>James
>
>
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