Author: Redhedclrnetist
Date: 2003-05-01 20:49
Perhaps it's hopeless, perhaps not. Anyway, my clarinet section at school plays very softly, and the director is getting quite annoyed. He has tried a number of different ways to get them (us) to play louder, however he's not making much progress. There are 9 of us in the section, yet we are constantly drowned out by everyone else.
I made a suggestion to the director to have some of them change to softer reeds. They were playing on vandoren 3.5 - 4 (hard, especially for a high school band). It helped, I think, but I know we are capable of more sound.
My question is: is there any secret to playing loud? It's just air, isn't it? Any clarinet experts out there who have a surefire way to get real LOUD SOUNDS out of the clarinet (but not squeaks...)?
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