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Tired mouth problems

Author: kitsy7
Date: 2014-07-26 10:48

I've been playing the clarinet for 50 years and during the last 4 years I've been having a lot of problems with my mouth getting very tired after a certain amount of time. The muscles just cease to work and I have to stop playing. So I can't stay in band rehearsals more than half the time.
Is this age related or an embouchure problem that can be fixed? I have had a couple of teeth extracted (no bridge or implants) and wonder if that could have changed my embouchure? I've had to go down to #2 reeds. I just don't have the strength in my lips to play harder reeds. I use both vandoren and rico. My mouthpiece is a #2 Boosey & Hawkes.
Because of these difficulties I began playing the Flute which I find much easier and would like to join the Flute section in the band when I feel confident enough, but I would still like to know whether there's anything I can do to remedy my clarinet playing problems. Your feedback would be much appreciated.

joan.catzel@gmail.com

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