Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2011/11

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Squeaks
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:02:14 -0500

OOPS. I didn't address what was said. Right. I switched reeds.
Fortunately I have not had trouble with chirps lately.

I hear all these stories about people playing on set-ups that teachers
can't figure out how they play. I would like this reed to work.

-Jennifer

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Jennifer Jones
<helen.jennifer@-----.com>wrote:

> OK. Thank you.
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> On Nov 19, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com> wrote:
>
> > Toss the ------- reed..
> >
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> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:18 PM, <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:
> Thank you, Dr. Obvious. ;-)
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, <fbjacobo@-----.us> wrote:
>
>> Jennifer,
>>
>> You don't specify whether what you're talking about is little chirps on
>> virtually every other note, (and especially on tongued ones) or actual
>> squeaks of the kind that happen when you overblow a note or your finger
>> isn't quite on a hole.
>>
>> If you're describing chirps, then the problem is the reed-mouthpiece
>> combination, and can only be fixed when one or the other is replaced.
>> Obviously, the reed is easier and cheaper to replace, so in this case,
>> throw it out (or use it as kindling - they work really well for that!).
>>
>> If it is the true squeak, only time and becoming a more capable player
>> will really fix it. Sometimes, the reed is just a little too hard or too
>> soft, and doesn't respond like your lip knows it should, so it squeaks
>> when your lip does the right thing. If it's too soft, throw it away. If
>> it's too hard, a very advanced player will scrape away wood in various
>> areas to "adjust it". That's probably not within your abilities, I'm
>> guessing. And sometimes you just have an ornery, bad piece of cane that
>> is not salvageable. So either way, replace the reed.
>>
>> Fred Jacobowitz
>>
>> Case Closed Musical Instrument Case Repair Service
>> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
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>>
>>
>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:04:16 -0800, Jennifer Jones wrote:
>> > I am battling squeaks. I have figured out that it is a reed that is
>> > hyper-sensitive to a tight embouchure. I can execute many bits
>> > without
>> > squeaks, but that is usually only on the second or third time
>> > through.
>> > First time through rarely works properly. I am trying to cultivate a
>> > lighter embouchure, but given my situation (jack-ess [jill] of all
>> > trades, mistress of none - not even sure I can say that with all the
>> > schizo stuff psych people are saying to me). Classmates made
>> > comments
>> > about playing with squeaks and such and now I say things like that
>> > and
>> > am now having extra trouble with squeaks. Ugh, I fear I have been
>> > fighting too long. I am still stuck in that rut and am succumbing to
>> > the psychological defenses people have put up to me.
>> >
>> > Probably going to be cut up for tingly production. Put in the depths
>> > of Sheol for psycholotigal (psychological) sins. Oh misery. Spare
>> > me.
>> > Save me. Moan.
>> >
>> > How to stop squeaks...
>> >
>> > It seemed at the beginning that I was operating better than usual; no
>> > squeaks, no wrong notes. The luck of the resurrected?
>> >
>> >
>> > It worked best when I confined myself to the first five or so
>> > exercises
>> > in Baermann. But I am a over-zealot. I went through all the F major
>> > exercises in Baermann two, Kroepsch, Rubank and when that got boring
>> > I
>> > added Pares.
>> >
>> > I tried adding D minor. It was fine at first. Did major first and
>> > minor second. Did it with C major/A minor and F major/D minor.
>> > Tried adding G major, didn't work. Felt like I was making fingering
>> > muscle-memory headway. Stuck with F major for a while. Thought
>> > about
>> > the G major stuff again, tried it, didn't go to well, decided to do
>> > flat keys first.
>> >
>> > After sharing the schizo info online, I started mixing the two...
>> >
>> >
>> > Any suggestions? I promise not to zap suggestions down. Don't hurt
>> > me.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Jennifer
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