Author: Clive
Date: 2007-04-13 09:35
Hi
I'm new to this board, and to the clarinet, but not to life ;-(
I recently bought a studemt instrument, and thought I'd have trouble with fingering, but not with blowing the thing, wrong! My default sound is the dreaded squeak, or as I would term it screech when hit with my not inconsiderable volume of air!
Carefully reading all the texts on embouchure, they say blah blah- put your top teeth on the mouthpiece, and then- blah blah. The problem is that I find it impossible to keep my teeth on the mouthpiece, and simultaneously blow. This made me aware that e.g when most people smile you see most or all of their top teeth, but in my case you just get a flash of my gnashers, and even in a guffaw you wouldn't see the set. My best guess is that I cannot be that anatomically different, and I wonder therefore if this is a recognised problem, and if there is a solution?
Do not misunderstand me, I can get the proper sound, but it is very hard work ( particularly for C), and tends to degrade to the squeak. If the answer is just to keep practising technique, I am happy to do that, but don't want to beat my brains out! I should add that I don't know the strength of the supplied reed; I also have some 3 strength, and these are even harder to blow. I have ordered some 1.5 strength in the hope that they might make things easier.
Tips appreciated.
Clive
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