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"Pull up on your mouthpiece a little"

Author: Zeldalaina
Date: 2015-03-05 09:14

When I was in High School in the late 1970's our director played clarinet. He even played Bass Clarinet in the Jacksonville Symphony. OK flash forward 30 years later when I joined our Community Band 4 years ago. That first rehearsal the director had us adjusting our tone by pulling the mouthpiece up or down from the barrel to remedy being "20 cents" too flat or sharp. Since he was a brass player I thought he was so wrong. Now I know that he is an excellent director. But is that mouthpiece/barrel thing common? I used to think it was all in the embouchure or a horn being too hot or cold. But now it does seem to make sense. By the way my old HS director retired with a legacy of success with the band, and we always got Straight Superiors at every type of completion, so go figure!

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