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Re: Open throat maintaining pitch

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-04-12 01:50

Are you actually flat to the others you're playing with? If all you're doing is relaxing your throat, maybe you'v been sharp all along.

If you're too flat with a relaxed throat to tune to your ensemble, you may be slackening something else as well. Or maybe you've chosen equipment that plays lower than necessary to compensate for sharpness caused by a tense throat.

Support is important and can affect pitch, but embouchure control and good air direction (controlled by the shape of the inside of your mouth), are also vital components of pitch. The best thing to do would be to have someone knowledgeable listen to you play and get a first-hand impression of what may be happening. Advice to "support more" is too often given routinely without trying to see beyond to what else may be wrong.

You have to "support" to sing well. If your vocal production is correct, it can be a great help in producing a resonant clarinet tone. What differences do you feel between your approaches to singing and to playing clarinet?

Karl

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