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Re: Youtube - My version of Debussy Clarinet 1ère Rhapsodie (2019)

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-11-22 22:43

Well you got some good advice from fellow players. After reading about the plastic reeds the sound quality or lack of it, this made more sense. It surely could have been your reed and mouthpiece setup. Lets face it, not every mouthpiece and plastic reed will work for everyone. I always seem to gravitate towards cane reeds and at the same time I'm glad there is Legere. This saves countless hours fixing reeds and taking away from practice time. A word of advice if you don't mind. Play more long tones Everyday for a few minutes to warm up. What I heard when you were playing is a need for a warmer sound. I was hearing this strange hollow sound. Is it the plastic reed? I don't think so. I feel it's related to airflow and more time playing long tones The players with the best sounds often warm up everyday doing this exercise and not jumping right to the music. It will relax you a bit and your embouchure will surely change naturally.

Just so that we understand each other, long tones should be played from pp < FF > pp, a total length of 30 seconds or so. Longer is OK. Really listen to your sound and the goal is for your sound to be the same in all registers as well as when you crescendo and decrescendo. Sounds easy, but you and fellow readers who what to do this will be shocked at how hard it really is. This is why I still do this since I was 14 years old. 35 plus years later it's still hard. You can also play with 12ths. After maybe a few month you might like how you sound. Post a recording in a few months. Oh, and I'm a fan of doing this with a double lip embouchure, but I'm not wanting you to play with a double lip. I just want you to hear the differences and the goal is to not hear any difference.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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