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Re: Equipment in High School

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-07-31 15:34

90% of your sound is determined by using your air correctly: pushing from your core, focusing your air column (tongue in 'natural' position or as if you are saying "EEEEE") and tonguing tip of tongue to tip of reed. I'm fond of saying that the inside of your mouth should be "pressurized" like an inner tube. That's all free!

Of course a really good clarinet makes for an easier experience because it should play reasonably in tune with itself (that is, note to note). Of course this takes hours of fine craftsmanship to achieve and this equates to cost.

I have never played a Jupiter; don't really know anything about them; but friends who have had Jupiter flutes would never own one again.......I'd avoid it.

I'd second the Ridenour suggestions or find a decent price on a used (older) Buffet R13. It's NOT THE WOOD - it's how it's made and finished that makes an instrument worth more than another.

...............Paul Aviles

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