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Re: Strange high-pitched squeaking that sounds like an air leak

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2017-09-11 04:46

When this was happening to me, I eventually decided it was the combination of mouthpiece & embouchure. When I tried another mouthpiece, the problem went away.

In the course of learning I made some not-intentionally related embouchure changes, and when I later returned to the problem mouthpiece the high-squeals were gone - almost. I still got them once in a greater while.

At that point it seemed to relate to my jutting my lower jaw slightly forward, one way to pressure the reed that isn't normal biting. If I slightly retracted the lower jaw away from the mouthpiece (more toward an over-bite position) the squealing stopped.

I haven't tried it lately, but I seem to recall being able to "turn on or off" the squeal with jaw positioning as I describe.

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