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Sudden problem with sounding B4 and C5

Author: ben1948
Date: 2018-10-04 01:49

I've been appreciating and working on the last round of advice I got on here to good effect, WHEN.........

Suddenly, last night, when practicing, I started having progressively more difficulty getting B4 and C5 to sound. Tried different reeds to no effect. Couldn't play a long tone on B4 at all. Had a lesson today and the same thing happened. Teacher played my clarinet and determined it was fine. He hadn't seen me do this before, either. We tried long tones all over the clarinet with no problem, except on B4, and to a lesser degree, C5.

Does this make any sense at all? Do you have any recommendations for how to get out of the maddening funk I'm in at this moment?

Thanks,
Ben

Ben Withers - began clarinet 2014 at age 66
benjamin.f.withers@gmail.com

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Re: Sudden problem with sounding B4 and C5

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2018-10-04 02:20

Lots of ways to approach your issue, so here is one: sometimes when the little fingers are applied on the B and C (I am assuming 3rd line B and 4th space C), I have seen students move their right hand fingers off the holes just slightly. Also, if you are having to stretch your little fingers some you might check your hand position. You and I are about the same age, and although I have played for over 60 years, I find things like this happening to me, too!

John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com

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