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Re: Bass Clarinet Question

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2016-02-05 09:24

Karl, I believe it's unconscience but I believe I actually take a little less MP in my mouth when I go to the altissimo register on the bass but I think it depends on the passage and the reed. In other words, I might not change anything just tonguing a scale passage going up go say a high E or F but if I have to play quickly repeated notes about the high D on the bass i might take a little less mouthpiece. It's just a matter of adjusting to what works. One doesn't have to be so rigid and never to be flexible. Again, experiment with slighltly different angles and amount of MP you take, even in the upper register. You might be choking in your throat, closing it, or raising your tongue too high in back. It could be any number of reasons you have a problem tonguing up high. Instead of continuing here you could write me a palanker@aol.com to carry on our conversation if you wish. But it's really difficult to analyze a problem with texts.

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

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