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Author: BassClarinetBaby
Date: 2011-02-28 03:31
My clarinet (Buffet B12) has a very breathy tone from about C (below staff) to Bb (on staff). I know this is a fault of my clarinet and not me personally/my reed, lig and mouthpiece setup as I have had others try my clarinet with the same result. I used to play on Rovner Dark, where the breathiness was there but not too noticible. I recently bought a BG Super Revelation ligature which emphasises this breathiness to the point where it is just down right awful! But the BG improves my high notes tenfold. Is there anything I can do to cut the breathy tone with the BG? Because at the moment I either sacrifice tone on my lower notes (the breathy ones with the BG or I don't have optimum tone in the upper register.
Never Bb, sometimes B#, and always B natural! ♫♪
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2011-02-28 05:20
Perhaps shop around for a ligature that helps your highs without sacrificing your lows? I've never cared for the BG SR (bought one, used it once, put it in a drawer where it lives to this day). Lately I'm liking the Rovner Platinum. YMMV, of course.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-02-28 05:55
The ventings could be set too low and you could also be using a reed that's a bit too hard, so back off by a quarter or half a strength to see if that clears it up.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-02-28 12:49
I vote reed, but also could be ligature placement. I find most "Revelation" style ligatures finicky. Try moving it up to, or even slightly above the "line of ligature."
............Paul Aviles
P.S. OH YES...... and try not tightening it much at all.
Post Edited (2011-02-28 12:50)
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