Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 2003/02

From: Jos=?ISO-8859-1?B?6SBMdWlzIEVzdGVsbOk=?=s
Subj: [kl] Embouchure
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 04:32:27 -0500

Hello, Ian.

My suggestion:

Encourage her to produce the loudest (and more confident) possible B while
fingering the E, cross fingers and see what happens.

Good luck and cheers to everyone in the list.

Jos=E9 Luis Estell=E9s
Placeta del Rosal, 4
18010 Granada
Spain
Tel/Fax: +34 958 222 468

----- 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 onl=
y
> 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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