Klarinet Archive - Posting 000693.txt from 2000/06

From: "L.D. Jackson" <mus_ldj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] G# space-above-the-staff
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:28:43 -0400

You are absolutely right about the embouchure on these notes. May I send
you a sample of what it sounds like for you to judge yourself? I've noticed
that relaxing is a must on Eb clarinet.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] G# space-above-the-staff

>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <mus_ldj@-----.edu>
>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Sent: 18 June 2000 06:34
>> Subject: Re: [kl] G# space-above-the-staff
>
>> > I've experienced this same thing with my G# above the staff on Eb
>> clarinet. It is terribly sharp.
>
>
>
>Please understand that Bill & I are talking about the <Bb> not Eb
>instrument. I do not have much experience of the Eb due to fat fingers.
(Now
><there`s> a title for an Eb Solo). But, having said that, I think it is
>generally known that G & A need to be treated with care (on Bb). This must
>obviously include the G#. Could it be the same on the Eb clarinet. Perhaps
>you are straining your embouchure a little too much. Relax it a little, and
>try breathing more gently. As long as the note has sufficient breath
>support, you will then be able to make some kind of decision what might be
>wrong. It`s not a very high note, even on the Eb, so normal lip and air
>pressures should apply. Listen to, and also feel how you are producing the
G
>& A. Look at the venting. If all these are O.K. and you are a proficient
>player, ( I`m sorry, I don`t know you), then you will need to try another
>instr. to compare. One final suggestion, is to get your tuner to infill the
>hole minutely.
>Beware tho`, as this is obviously going to affect the tuning of the low C#
>also. <Can you trust him?>
>.
>
>> and the G# an octave above that one is sharp as well.
>> Is this due to the tuning of the "b" of the horn itself?
>
>
>That`s pretty high ain`t it? It`s pretty usual to use the F fingering for
E,
>F# for F, due to extreme lip pressures up there. I`m afraid I`m ignorant
>with this one, so I suppose that for a sharp G#, to finger G would be a bit
>silly?
>So - best of luck with your G#ing.
>
>
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