Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 2011/11

From: bhausmann1@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Squeaks
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:46:35 -0500

Sometimes you just get a bad reed. They are an agricultural product, subject to all sorts of variations. If the reed is a little stiffer on one side vs. the other you can have the problem. You must either learn to adjust reeds or pitch the ones that don't work.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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On Nov 20, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Toss the ------- reed..
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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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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