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 squeak?
Author: derf5585 
Date:   2015-06-20 15:31

Why do clarinets squeak?

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 Re: squeak?
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2015-06-20 17:33

The reed ideally vibrates at the same frequency across its width during a note. Sometimes (for various reasons, the first being uneven thickness or denseness at the tip) the reed will experience a moment where one side vibrates faster than the other.......you get a node or squeak.






.............Paul Aviles



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 Re: squeak?
Author: derf5585 
Date:   2015-06-20 20:35

So it has nothing to do with the clarinet player.

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 Re: squeak?
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2015-06-20 22:32

Not what I said. Only those are the primary culprits. Now put all sorts of embouchure problems (unnecessary movements; unbalanced control; no control) into the equation and you have.......... more squeaking (nodes). But the actual sound is caused as described.






...........Paul Aviles



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 Re: squeak?
Author: kthln.hnsn 
Date:   2015-06-20 22:59

It can be a variety of things: reed, leaking pad, embouchure, deep crack in wood clarinet, it's kind of a broad question with a variety of answers. If you don't have a clarinet instructor, I would find one and have them help with finding the correct reed hardness and correct embouchure and to look your clarinet over.

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