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Re: C7 advice?

Author: Ed Lowry
Date: 2021-03-27 02:21

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful advice and comments, which I've been playing with over the last week. My difficulty now seems to be inconsistent attack with an A-flat often speaking first.

I like the idea of playing on the E-flat clarinet, but it has its own difficulties at my level of expertise. The oxx xxx E/B fingering allows the C7 to pop out a bit more easily, but I'm not sure at this point whether that will continue to be true as I get used to adjusting my mouth/tongue and throat through greater practice. It's also a bit flatter than the xoo xoo C#/F# fingering I've been using, based on advice given on this thread, which helps.

I'm playing D'Addario #4 reserve classic reeds on a Lomax Chicago C11 mouthpiece attached to a Rossi Clarinet; I don't know if there's anything unique about that set-up as it relates to this part of the clarinet range.

Once again, thanks to everyone.

..Ed.

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