Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2008/04

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Question about a problem
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:08:16 -0400

Check where his tongue is touching the reed. It may be a case of too
low, directly at the tip, or off to one side and not evenly
contacting the reed.

Let us know if you have any more input.

Good luck,

Ed

On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Gary Truesdail wrote:

> In all my 20 years of professional playing and another 27 years of
> pro-bono
> fun playing I have run into a problem I have never before
> encountered. I'm
> hoping someone can give me some help.
>
> A year ago I started giving clarinet lessons to a high school junior -
> bright lad that wants to be an engineer and attend Cal-Poly.
> Recently he
> developed this problem.
>
> Problem: When playing above the staff he very frequently "chirps"
> most of
> the notes. Not quite an out of control squeak, but a "chirp". The
> reed
> looks and plays balanced side to side, changing reeds does not help,
> mouthpiece and reed combo works fine for me and I cannot duplicate the
> problem on his equipment. We have done throat exercises, vibrato
> exercises,
> more mouthpiece, less mouthpiece. The mouthpiece does not wiggle
> when I try
> to move it when he is playing and his teeth are not on the reed and
> we've
> tried pointing the chin, bunching the chin, thicker lip in contact
> with the
> reed, thin lip in contact with the reed.
>
> Don't know what to do at this point. Could it be support? It looks
> fine
> here but it is hard to tell visually.
>
> Gary Truesdail
>
>
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