Author: maxopf
Date: 2016-05-29 06:30
Clarence Beale, thank you for all the information! I don't play with a particularly open throat either — I typically aim for a high, or at least medium-high, tongue position. (Think "ee" or "ue")
As for the whoosh: I am playing with a fairly strong reed (V12 #4, balanced to the best of my ability), but on a close/long facing (Clark Fobes CF), which should be a good reed/mouthpiece match. I don't mash the reed into the facing with my typical embouchure. But when I don't "engage" my embouchure like I did in the video, I can push all the air I want into the clarinet, slow or fast, and no sound will come out.
You've got me curious, though — I'm going to dig out a box of #2.5 reeds I have, and see if I can play them without having to set my embouchure post-mouthpiece-insertion. I have a feeling they will just be too soft for this facing, though, but you never know.
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