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Young players and saliva

Author: Robyn
Date: 2005-06-10 05:04

I am relatively new to teaching clarinet, so I have so far only taken on beginning and intermediate students. I have now had two beginning students with the problem of too much saliva, and since it is never something I remember dealing with myself, I am at a loss for what (if anything) I can do to help. My current student plays a few notes and very quickly gets that gurgly, crackly sound of excess moisture in the mouthpiece. I have taught her to suck on the mouthpiece to get it out, but within just a few notes it is back. Is this a fairly common problem, and is there anything I can do to help her with it? Is it something that just goes away on its own after she has been playing for a while (she has played for about 6-7 months and just started lessons with me)? My other student who had this problem never got past it for the year or so that I worked with her.

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Robyn

2005-06-10 05:04