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 Slap Tonguing (on clarinet VS bass)
Author: CuriousClarinet 
Date:   2014-01-28 05:01

I can slap tongue relatively well on bass clarinet, but when I attempt the same technique on Bb clarinet, the note either plays incredibly quietly or simply squeaks. (Guess I should mention voicing/squeaking generally isn't a problem on either instrument when I'm tonguing normally.) Realizing the obvious mouthpiece/reed size difference between a Bb bass clarinet and Bb clarinet, how could I go about fixing the problem? What am I doing wrong that isn't transferring over to the smaller embouchure?



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 Re: Slap Tonguing (on clarinet VS bass)
Author: clarnibass 
Date:   2014-01-28 09:09

Do you use a significantly harder mouthpiece/reed setup on soprano clarinet?

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 Re: Slap Tonguing (on clarinet VS bass)
Author: Dan Shusta 
Date:   2014-01-28 23:34

Perhaps this video might be of some help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nggdEY-qvZE



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 Re: Slap Tonguing (on clarinet VS bass)
Author: kilo 
Date:   2014-01-29 15:53

Thanks for the link, Dan. I was unaware of Sean's videos — I know what I'll be doing in the practice room today.

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 Re: Slap Tonguing (on clarinet VS bass)
Author: CuriousClarinet 
Date:   2014-01-31 00:41

I play a 2.5 reed/Clark Fobes CF mouthpiece on bass and a 3.5 reed/M13 lyre on soprano. I tried slap tonguing on soprano using a 3 strength reed, but it didn't really seem to make a difference. Maybe it needs to be a softer reed than a 3? Thanks for the link to the video, I've seen it before but haven't tried using that technique, maybe I should. Perhaps I just need to practice slap tonguing more in general, maybe it's something that will figure itself out with some more time.

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