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Author: jonghyuncho
Date: 2007-06-06 13:50
Hello.
I am experiecing serious problem with my clarinet playing. It seems that while I'm playing, air is leaking out of my nose at the same time I'm playing the clarinet and it really makes a big noise outside and inside of my mouth. This is a very frustrating issue so I'm wondering if anybody have experienced this kind of problem, and if you have was there any soloution?
J. Cho
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-06-06 14:00
Nose ?
your nose ?
are you using the corrected terminology ?
are you by chance talking about air leaking out from around the reed/mouthpiece OR your embouchure is leaking air out?
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Author: David Niethamer
Date: 2007-06-06 14:12
Search the KLARINET archives for "air leak" (without the quotation marks). I had a student with this problem, and there was a thread about it last fall. Should give you lots of useful information.
David
David
niethamer@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/index.html
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Author: hartt
Date: 2007-06-06 14:50
this will not help you at the present time but, if you are attending the 2007 Clarfest, a presentation with actual videos on what you are experiencing (palatal air leaking) will be given by Dr Sheri Rolf, a ENT surgeon/clarinetist/BB member and a music cohort of hers who recently did his PHD on the topic.
as david mentioned above, do a search on here and Google the words PALATAL air leaks
regards
dennis
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2007-06-06 20:20
I have occasionally felt what felt like air leaking through my sinuses, especially after playing for a long period of time. It only happens occasionally and usually goes away, so I haven't checked it out. I sometimes blow my nose when this happens and that seems to help. No idea what causes it though.
Leonard
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Author: D
Date: 2007-06-06 21:22
Does it happen when you play on a softer reed or a low pressure instrument like a recorder?
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Author: ChrisArcand
Date: 2007-06-06 21:23
Although some people may have a chronic issue and may need to take a closer look at it, it is a common problem for players.
The cause is a tired soft palate due to too much playing - the soft palate obviously blocks off air into your nose and so gets a bit of a workout over long periods of time. If you do have this problem, stop playing and take a break. By break I mean at least a day. The next time you pick up your horn you'll find you won't have this problem anymore.
I had this problem a few weeks ago. Took the night off, and hit it hard the next day, no problem.
CA
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2007-06-07 01:40
Chris is absolutely right. I have had this happen and I wouldn't exactly call it a 'problem' but I have only experienced it after very long periods of playing - hours. I had it in high school during the district/state band events after 6 or 7 hours of rehearsing. I haven't had it happen much since then but you should definitely take a long break. I usually break for the night if I can. If it happens in the middle of the rehearsal I usually go and blow air through my nose, get a drink of water, relax my mouth a bit and go back at it. It inevitably comes back but it's usually at the end of a rehearsal so it's not a problem. It doesn't happen to me often at all any more.
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