Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 2010/08

From: "maarschalk@-----.an>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:34:59 -0400

Hi, Rachel

1. Playing stiff reeds makes it difficult for the upper lip to keep erveything properly sealed off.
2. Since I understand from your introduction that you are a multi-instrumentalist you must reckon
that muliti-instrumentalism does not always go well with playing very stiff reeds. One tends to
have one major instrument.
3.It also depends on how much you practise.
4.Another point is that clarinet embouchure is very different from sax embouchure. Just consider
the angle of a sax mouthpiece compared to that of the clarinet.
I have played the bass clarinet professionally for many years and have experienced that bass clar
embouchure is closer to clarinet embouchure than sax embouchure.
5 German mouthpieces are not as big as french mouthpieces. In general it depends on the width of
your mouth opening and your teeth. There are German mouth pieces available for Boehm system
clarinets (Cherry valley music Charles Stier).
6. The production of salive differs with each individual.

Good luck

art marshall

www.artmarshal.org

------- Original Message -------
>From : Rachel Roessel[mailto:gsurosey@-----.com]
Sent : 8/17/2010 3:33:29 PM
To : klarinet@-----.com
Cc :
Subject : RE: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece

> The spit leaking problem might be due to several causes when it is
> more than usual.
> 1. you might have a temporary lapse in the contraction muscles of the
> upper lip because of fatigue or a very stiff reed;

Should I try lighter reeds? I will go back to adjusting the ones I have (I used
to be really good about smoothing out the, then I got lazy and stopped).

> 5. the mouth piece is too big.

How would you know if it's too big?

Rachel

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