The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Avoiding sharpness during circular breathing

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2017-09-01 11:57

If I flex only my cheeks my pitch stays stable, but my problem that way is that the volume of air stored only in my puffed up cheeks is so small that my tone dies almost at once when I start inhaling - and long before I turn to normal exhaling (as you may realize, I don't quite have the resources of Dizzy Gillespie).

If I empty my mouth by also rising my tongue and the lower back of my mouth I get enough output air volume, but then also the pitch rises to the sky.

Any tips about how to handle this?

Should I counteract the rising of the pitch with an equivalent loosening of my embouchure?

Or do you have better recommendations, perhaps also about some suitable exercise to address this problem?

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics