Klarinet Archive - Posting 000670.txt from 2003/02

From: b1rite@-----. Rite)
Subj: Re: [kl] New Mouthpiece...was Recommendations
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:34:46 -0500

<><> Vic=A0Brincat wrote:
It's not increased resistance. If anything it's less resistance. I am
used to putting through more air volume. So when I attempt to put in the
same volume as my old mouthpiece, i get the problems.

Perhaps it would also help to concentrate on the 'shape' of your
airstream. Perhaps think about a tubular airstream instead of blasting
air turbulently into the mouthpiece. Your new mouthpiece may require
more of this than your old mouthpiece did.

Have you done the exercise of holding a scrap of paper or tissue against
a wall with your breath alone? The goal is to hold the paper against
the wall with as little breath as possible. This means that you must
'focus' your air into a narrow, smooth, tubular stream with no wasted
turbulence.

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