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Overtones in the chalumeau

Author: ChiTownClarinet
Date: 2014-01-05 00:16

Hello,

In the last year, I replaced my old Buffet R13 with a brand new Buffet Festival clarinet. overall I love the instrument, and I tried out about 10 clarinets before deciding on this particular one.

One glitch I've noticed, however, is that I occasionally get overtones (i.e. harsh squeaks) in the chalumeau register. This most often happens when playing forte or above, with hard attacks, or when rapidly jumping from clarion register down to the chalumeau while tonguing attacks (especially noted playing Mozart's Clarinet Quintet 4th movement).

I never seemed to have this problem in the past. I took a long hiatus from playing (about 10 years) and have recently been playing avidly again. I have been paying a lot of attention to my embouchure but cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I've taken the instrument (which was hand selected by a professional) to 2 different technicians, both with great reputations, who cannot find leaks or other problems. So I'm left to think this is something I'm doing with my mouth. I used to be quite proficient at jumping between registers and I imagine I just lost something during my hiatus.

I'm currently not working with a teacher, just playing casually, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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