Klarinet Archive - Posting 000485.txt from 2003/02

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Embouchure
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:41:47 -0500

Ian,

Just a few thoughts.

Reed is too soft
Clarinet has a leak
Embouchure and or clarinet relationship to player is incorrect....(overbite
is an advantage by the way)
flex of bottom lip
biting
no support of clarinet from right hand thumb up and into top teeth
Tongue position or "voicing" is incorrect
Improper start of sound

Have you tried her set up?
Has she tried another clarinet/mouthpiece/reed combination?
Even in a beginning student....teach them to start the sound properly with
the tongue....helps this kind of problem

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Holloways" <holloways@-----.za>
Subject: [kl] Embouchure

> As a teacher with thirty years experience it's not often I ask for help. I
> have a beginner pupil who seems to have a 'normal' mouth position but is
> unable to play 'E' without overblowing to 'B'. I've tried all the usual
> tricks with angling and 'ins and outs' of the mouthpiece, but she can only
> just produce an 'E' with the clarinet angled very high and the mouthpiece
> barely in her mouth. She has a slight case of overbite, but it's almost
> nothing.
>
> She's just had her second lesson with me and we're both pretty frustrated.
> Does anyone have a quick fix for me, other than suggesting a different
> instrument? As I said, I've solved this problem before and this is the
first
> time nothing seems to work. Thanks!
>
> Ian H.
>
>
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