Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 2010/08

From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:19:19 -0400

> 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 sti=
ff =

>reeds. One tends to =

>
> have one major instrument. =

Bb/A is my primary; I don't play the other stuff=A0nearly as much. I always =

thought that using harder reeds would help me not go through them as fast. =
I use =

Vandoren 56s, so it's not like I'm using student-quality reeds.

> 3.It also depends on how much you practise.

That's limited by hand/wrist problems. I wear a glove on my right hand and =
wear =

a neckstrap. When I play bass clarinet=A0or (especially) alto sax, I have t=
o take =

breaks more because the extra weight of them kills me. The tendinitis isn't=
as =

bad as it used to be; there were times when I could trace pain all the way =
up to =

my elbow! I played longer hours back then.

> 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.

I have a tough time relaxing to play bass; I have a real tight embouchere =

usually.

> 5 German mouthpieces are not as big as french mouthpieces.

Suggestions? (Bb/A are Buffet R13s with=A0a Moennig barrel).

Thank you

Rachel

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