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Author: zeke
Date: 2004-10-08 01:44
Hi, I seem to play better puffing my cheeks out. i get alot of power doing it. My dad says its not right to do it. i'm 11 and want to know the right way.
thanks, Zach from Ohio
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Author: pzaur
Date: 2004-10-08 02:09
Your dad's right.
Your cheeks should be kept in. You might feel that you get more power because puffing your cheeks might let more reed vibrate in your mouth. Try taking a tiny bit more mouthpiece in your mouth. This might give you the same result. But keep your cheeks in!
-pat
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2004-10-08 13:39
Back in the dark ages, when I was starting on clarinet, our band director stressed not puffing out your cheeks. Anyone seen puffing out their cheeks was called a "pickle puss" as a reminder.
John
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-10-08 15:15
Yeh, Dizzy Gillespie's Dad told him that too
Bob Draznik
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Author: LeeB
Date: 2004-10-09 14:50
I seem to remember that Dizzy's cheek puffing was the result of some failure of the muscle structure in his cheeks. Most people can't puff their cheeks to the extreme degree that he could. I also don't think he had a choice of puffing or not puffing.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-10-09 15:34
LeeB wrote:
> I seem to remember that Dizzy's cheek puffing was the result of
> some failure of the muscle structure in his cheeks.
The buccinator muscle ...GBK
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Author: Dee
Date: 2004-10-10 12:00
Puffed cheeks make it much more difficult to control the embouchure. This is turn makes it difficult to control the tone quality.
While one does want a reasonable amount of power out of the clarinet, it is not intended to be a power instrument and you should not be trying to compete with a sax or trumpet for maximum volume.
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2004-10-10 17:24
NO PUFFED CHEEKS! BAD BOY! Although I do try to compete with the sax and trumpet for maximum volume... It's sad, because I can never be as loud as them :(!!!!! First of all with puffed cheeks, although you may get more sound you get a bad tone quality... AND TONE IS #1!!! And it looks weird and sounds bad... ok, that's all I have to say....
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