Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-07-30 23:22
SoundWeebJay wrote:
> I'm really hoping it's just my voicing/air
> support, as I really don't have the money nor the time at this
> moment to find a repair person, or pay for it to be fixed if it
> IS a leaking problem. As it only happens sometimes, I'm hoping
> it really is just me.
The problem with that approach is that, if it IS a leaking problem, nothing you do is going to solve it and you may develop many bad habits and endure lots of frustration trying to fix the wrong problem. In the end, if it IS a leak problem you won't solve it until you get the leak fixed. Hoping won't change the actual cause.
I know Ed P emphasized that he plays with his top teeth on the mouthpiece. But when I had a very similar problem as a grad student years ago on a soprano clarinet, I solved it by (temporarily as my teacher and I intended) switching to double lip. I was squeezing the reed as I moved my tongue, and the double lip helped me stabilize my embouchure and better control the pressure I was applying to the reed. The squeaks stopped. As things worked out, I ended up making the change permanent, but once you find out if it helps, you can easily go back to single lip with the knowledge of how your embouchure controlled the reed when you were using both lips.
This isn't a recommendation that you play bass double lip permanently. I play bass with a single lip embouchure most of the time, even though I still play soprano with double lip. It's more a remedial suggestion that may help or not, depending on what the actual cause of the problem is.
Karl
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