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Author: Amanda S
Date: 2005-07-22 01:39
On a piece I'm playing for an audition, there is a three beat low E. It's played at fortissimo. How can I make this sound pretty? I have more than three months, so I can do some sustained work on it. Thanks,
Amanda
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Author: Asheeka
Date: 2005-07-22 02:02
hey,
a low E is normally a very easy note to make "nice." My only tip that i can give you is to not blow too much of air into your clarinet, and make sure that your fingers are covering the holes completely! GOOD LUCK!
~Asheeka~
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Author: Tyler
Date: 2005-07-22 04:16
I get this buzzy tone on low E's and sometimes long B's probably because of the bell's ring working loose, and to fix it I usually just use a more 'forward' tongue position. Trying to use a more pronounced "eeh" syllable while playing might help. Richard Yeager, who is a great woodwinds instructor, gave me this tip for smoothing out my tone in a master class.
good luck
-Tyler
Post Edited (2006-07-07 04:48)
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