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Re: A almost always squeeks

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2017-12-19 19:59

Karl, I see why the question would be asked, since I can't imagine a tonguing technique that would cause throat A to squeak but no other symptoms. For that matter, it's hard for me to clearly connect "putting the tongue too far on the reed" to squeaking. Maybe too far indicates a tongue and even embouchure arrangement that fails to control the air stream & reed, but I don't see how it would affect one note unless there were also a mechanical problem with the instrument.

Which is all to say it's hard at this far remove to understand problems from vague, incomplete or inaccurate written descriptions. It's part of the forum territory, no? As a software engineer for a machine tool builder I used to provide phone support for customers who were experiencing difficulties, and just determining the actual symptoms they were getting was frequently fraught with many iterations of back-and-forth talk (and sometimes they weren't very up front about exactly what they were doing either.) In this written medium the process is even more unwieldy, much more so.

So, I wasn't complaining, just emanating a philosophical sigh.

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