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accidently playing altissimo register? Is there a leak?

Author: Josje
Date: 2016-07-21 19:29

Hi, I am just a beginner, but I have a question for the experienced clarinet players. I have been playing on a rental clarinet for half a year, and since Tuesday I own my own brand new clarinet. On the rental I was able to play the whole clarion register and when I really tried, a few of the lowest altissimo notes. (of course in the beginning they did't sound good, especially the higher ones, but it became better reasonebly quick)

On this new clarinet I seem to have more trouble with high clarion notes then ever before, they sound very shrill, I can only get them to sound good if I blow very soft, and/of bite really hard. If I do blow a bit more though, sometimes I get some very high notes that are definitely not a squeak. I suspect I some how play in the altissimo register, because they actually sound quite nice. Is it possible there is a leak? The suction test doesn’s give a very good vacuum (I tried that on the rental, that gave a better vaccuum), but I don’s realy hear a hissing or something like that either.

Or maybe the problem is I have to get used to the new mouthpiece? (a Yamaha C4)

All together I am squeaking more then I ever did in in general even on the chamulau register, which didn’t give much trouble from the start.

Thank you for you opinions about what is wrong.

Post Edited (2016-07-21 19:34)

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