Klarinet Archive - Posting 000418.txt from 2001/02

From: "Roger E. Keller" <rekeller@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Fw: [kl] Fw: [kl] Overtones
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:19:45 -0500

I forgot to mention in my previous post regarding the overtone
embouchure/airstream exercise, that subsequent to the initial sequence
commencing with low E, the same sequence should be repeated on each note as
you ascend chromatically through the chalumeau register.

In addition to the benefits I mentioned previously and those you have
noticed, it should enhance the focus/center of your tone.

As far as your squeaking problem, it can be caused by many things, amongst
which are an unbalanced &/or warped reed, mouthpiece rail defect/s, and the
possibility of simply more time needed practicing these ugly harmonic
exercises to strengthen the embouchure in order to control the larger sound
produced with more mouthpiece.

Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Higgins" <Donna@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Fw: [kl] Overtones

>
>
> "Roger E. Keller" wrote:
>
> > Regarding Bill Wright's answer to the inquiry by Donna Higgins, I am
afraid
> > that it isn't what she was looking for. Although it has mostly valid
> > information, it doesn't address the embouchure exercise she referred to.
> >
>
> Thanks, Roger! I suppose I should have been more specific about what the
> exercise is.
>
> A friend sent me an article by Jerry Hall, LeBlanc's mouthpiece expert.
The
> exercise as he describes it is to stuff a handkerchief swab up the bell,
> stopping up the instrument, then fingering middle B, finding the
embouchure
> position that will produce "overtones," then learning to move between
these
> overtones using only embouchure and airstream changes.
>
> I tried this (the stuffed bell exercise), and discovered that I need to
take in
> a lot more mouthpiece to produce those higher notes. When I use that same
> embouchure in normal playing, I do get a fatter, darker sound, but I also
have
> some problems with producing "overtones" where they are definitely not
> appropriate (in other words, squeaks and squawks).
>
> Any thoughts on solving that problem? I'm currently playing a Selmer
Series 10,
> a Gigliotti P 442 mouthpiece (modified to be slightly more "open"), a
Rovner
> ligature, and Mitchell Lurie 4.5 reeds.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Donna M. Higgins
>
> "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey
their
> children." - The Duke of Windsor (1894-1972)
>
>
>
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