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Re: High Note Issues

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2013-11-14 18:51

If you haven't already, check the amount of reed she has inside her mouth. Taking in too much reed can encourage those higher partials.

The higher you go in the clarinet's compass, the more critical the tongue shape and position ("voicing") become. You certainly know what small change you need to make to make those partials come out when you want them. Maybe she's already there and it just isn't affecting her chalumeau or clarion enough to cause wrong partials because the air column is more stable at the lower harmonic levels. See if you can describe to your student what you do to play the "overblown" notes (G6, Ab6, A6, Bb6) and then try to decribe what you do in reversing the process to get the "voicing" back down to the lower partials.

She can practice this by playing bugle calls using her tongue position to move from one partial to the other in something like Reveille or the first part of Taps.

Karl

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