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Eefer troubles

Author: potatohead
Date: 2004-08-28 02:35

I'm a freshman this year and I auditioned and made the top band at a nearby high school, which has an exceptional band program and director. Anyway, I got in on both Bb clarinet and after a light and brief Eb audition, I also made it in on Eb soprano clarinet. We are playing "Rocky Point Holiday" by Ron Nelson and "American Salute" by Gould. The pieces sit on notes between altissimo E and G for long periods of time, and I haven't been able to hit those notes and stay up there while tonguing. The notes usually end up dropping down to "empty" notes. I don't know how to get a good tone on such notes while still staying together with the rest of the band. As of now, I've dropped some of them down an octave, but I haven't consulted anyone yet and I don't think that it's preferable that I do so. I am having a lot of trouble staying in tune and reaching the high notes. Any suggestions? I've only been playing for about 3 months and my teacher isn't too knowledgable about eefers.

-MG

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