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Re: Tips for altissimo on Eb clarinet

Author: Steve Becraft
Date: 2022-09-26 19:21

I'm going to take this a slightly different direction and focus on overall fundamentals for a moment. I do not consider myself to be an E flat player, but as a clarinetist I've had some opportunities to play it in orchestra (strangely enough it's almost always Carmina Burana!). I had access to a decent older Buffet and paired it with a 5RV and Vandoren 3.5.

Using the conventional wisdom of "the E flat needs an extra firm embouchure" led to very sharp upper register intonation. I don't remember if I read it somewhere (the Hadcock book?) or if I just discovered it myself, but I began practicing the clarion register WITHOUT the register key as a way to find my optimal voicing (tongue position) paired with only the essential embouchure pressure. I found that the necessary voicing was even higher than I thought, and once I could play scales through the register change without using the register key at all, I had better overall control of intonation in BOTH fundamental and clarion registers! Then, when addressing the altissimo I wasn't doing anything detrimental at that point and simply had to work on fingerings that were most reliable and in tune. (Which is not to say that it is easy!)

While this isn't specifically advice about playing the altissimo, perhaps it could be useful for you or someone else!

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