Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 2004/09

From: "Robert Reyes" <robert.reyes@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Alto Clarinet Questions
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:12:01 -0400

Hello. I've been given the task of playing the alto clarinet in my school's
clarinet choir. I have a few questions. I've had the thing for a week now
and I've had mixed results, one minute it sounds like a musical instrument,
the next like a dog whistle. I'm using Vandoren 2 1/2 alto sax reeds, a
rovner tenor sax ligature ( it was the only ligature that would fit on the
mouthpiece), and a Geo M. Bundy 3 mouth piece. The instrument is a plastic
bundy. Here are my questions, is the upper octave suppose to sound airy(I
don't mean d above the staff, I mean middle C to C above the staff)? What
other mouthpieces should I try, and I heard there is a mouthpiece that is
for alto clarinet that was made just for alto sax reeds. How much of the
mouthpiece should go into my mouth? Any and all comments would be helpful.
Thank You.

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