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Re: C7 advice?

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-03-22 18:25

Karl:

I actually concur with you on backing off from the point where squeaking occurs when taking in a mouthpiece, to be...

...more than a micron

But this raises a point for me first raised by Tom H. above:

I was taught, right or wrong, that embouchure adjustments--at least in terms of how much mouthpiece we take in, if not for other things--should not be subject to change to hit notes in the highest of the upper written range of the instrument (i.e. around C7, not Mate Bekavac's stratospheric range far beyond C7.)

And yet, I'm in Tom H's camp, finding myself snugging up on mouthpiece at about this point in Spohr 1--much as the performer seems to not do so, even if her C7 isn't perfect, and even if she's awesome for her age:

https://youtu.be/cnw03oQPPPY?t=120

Does anyone have thoughts on this?

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