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Re: Squeak squeak freak

Author: kdk  Date:   2017-09-18 00:21 I don't know what music you mean - whether Tchaikovsky's original work or an arrangement and which "Scene" - so I' can only write generally about that interval. I assume you're talking about down to (one line above the staff). Squeaks when playing this descending interval are almost always, in my experience, either because one of the LH rings - most likely the one under your LH 2nd finger - doesn't go down far enough when you finger , or you've spooked yourself so much about the squeak that you're changing your embouchure on the way down to try to avoid the problem. Your embouchure shouldn't change in any noticeable way. If you change the amount or direction of the embouchure pressure on the reed, you destabilize it. I'm assuming C# is a strong, well controlled note. The ring under LH 2 (around the hole you close to play A5) controls the small pad just above it. The LH 1st finger ring also controls the small pad above it (under the A key). Both of those small pads have to cover solidly when the corresponding finger closes its tone hole and pushes the ring down. Sometimes the pads don't completely close even when the rings are fully pressed. If the mis-adjustment is minor, you might not notice it so much ordinarily, but the descending - third involves changing from one partial to a lower one, so squeaks might happen more easily as the reed resists the change. Your LH 1st finger could also be hitting the tip of the key on the way down to its tone hole. Karl

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Re: Squeak squeak freak

Author: kdk  Date:   2017-09-18 01:17 ILikePies wrote: > @kdk Thank you! I am talking about the scene from Swan Lake Act > 2. Yes it is an arrangement for the solo due to the fact our > group does not have an oboe, So, the first Scene - No. 10 in Act II of the ballet opens with a famous oboe solo, but if that's what you're asking about, I answered about the wrong C# to A. You had mentioned crossing the "second break." It you transpose that oboe solo for Bb clarinet, you have a few C#5-A4 ( - ) intervals over the first break. If that's what you're asking about, the business of the rings and related pads isn't related to it. Squeaks here could be caused by embouchure shift (you're still dropping from one harmonic to a lower one), or the clarinet could be wobbling as you go from all fingers to no fingers holding the instrument. The resistance change can also cause trouble. Keep your right hand fingers on the holes while you play A4. It can reduce the difference in resistance between the long and short tube lengths of C# and A. Karl Post Edited (2017-09-18 01:17)

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