Klarinet Archive - Posting 000789.txt from 2001/01

From: ian_s_black@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Hissing Air
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 06:55:41 -0500

From: Stewart Kiritz
The hissing results from fatigue of the muscles supporting your embouchure.
This may be affected by the dental work, or an interaction between the
dental work and the fact that you haven't played for a while. Take it easy
and play in short sessions. Stop when the hissing starts. Resume when your
mouth muscles are not fatigued. Try to firm up the embouchure. Then resume
playing after 10 minutes, 15 minutes, an hour, whatever. Eventually, the
muscles will become strong enough to prevent air from leaking out around the
lips that surround the mouthpiece. Then the hissing will stop. Be patient.
It takes time. It make take a few months before you can play for 30-45
minutes without a break. Or maybe more.
Stewart Kiritz

Sorry, I maybe didn't make it clear enough in my original post. I have been
practicing with some degree of regularity for the past year or so, in sessions
of anything between 45mins and 90mins. This was the first time I have had the
trouble with the embouchure leak which seems to me to be the same as embouchure
fatigue. I'm just puzzled that it should start now, and not months ago when I
started practicing again. So there must be another factor besides being out of
practice. It's the same mouthpiece that I've been using for 4-5 months now and
the same reed that I've been using for the past few weeks. That's why I thought
it must have something to do with the dental treatment.

Ian

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