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Weird Clarinet sound middle e and f

Author: 12of12
Date: 2017-04-02 00:53

Hello, I am a beginner clarinetist and I've been playing for 3 years. I own a ventus protégé by backun with an m13 vandoren mouthpiece and a rovner dark ligature. I also use a 3 reed by rico. My problem is that when I play my 3rd octave e and f I get this weird growling noise. This is more apparent when I play the notes extremely staccato and short. On lower notes its not a problem at all and even some really high notes such as the high c sounds fine when I play it staccato. These two notes especially sound bad. Also another thing I noticed was that to play any high notes especially above the high g, I have to put my mouth in my mouthpiece a little further than usual. I feel like I don't need to put in so much.. My airflow is quite fast and my embouchure is also okay. I have my chin straight, corners of my lips are tight and firm around the mouthpiece and my tongue is high like if I were to say "hee". This is a brand new clarinet and I upgraded from my student plastic clarinet so maybe I'm doing some thing wrong? I got it repaired twice already so I am pretty sure it might not be the clarinet. Any help is appreciated!

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