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Re: Struggling with Circular Breathing

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-01-22 17:57

clarnibass wrote:

>> kdk wrote:
>> So, since (obviously, I would think) resistance is crucial
>> to being able to do this, does wanting to use circular
>> breathing on clarinet dictate to any extent the mouthpiece/reed
>> combination you need to use? <<
>
> Can't say for sure, but probably not. I don't know of anyone
> who changed mouthpiece or reed because of it. I always use a
> relatively light, non-resistant setup, and just stayed with the
> same setup from before I started to do it.
> Resistance isn't "crucial" in that sense. It's possible to do
> on instruments/setups that are much less resistant than a
> clarinet.
>

I probably misused "resistance." Most of the time we mean a reed's resistance to vibrating, needing more air and embouchure pressure to overcome it. I mean instead a mouthpiece that presents a smaller aperture with a reed that vibrates easily with minimal air flow. Easy-blowing might better describe it than resistant.

I'm wondering if using a very open mouthpiece with a reed that needs some embouchure pressure to control will make circular breathing harder to do than, say a close-tipped mouthpiece with a more flexible reed.

Karl

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