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RE: High notes to low notes

Author: Tim2
Date: 1999-08-04 02:29

1. A firm embouchure is needed to control slurs over the break. Your embouchure's purpose is to direct the air through your clarinet. Your embouchure gets stronger as you practice your horn through time.

2. Think what is happening to your air flow when you go from low register A to higher register D. The change in intensity of your air flow through your clarinet should get stronger to make it up to the higher note. You are probably doing this. This is good.

What you need now is that same intensity (and firm embouchure) when you are playing the lower notes or going from higher to lower notes. The intensity is from support given to the air flowing through your clarinet by your stomach muscles. Your stomach muscles (some may say diaphragm) determines not only how much air goes through your horn but the intensity (f and p). You need this for a good tone.

These two things may help you out. You may also want to check your reed, that it is on straight. You want to be sure that your fingering is secure (covering the holes, changing fingering together). The coordination of fingering is a life long pursuit of most clarinetists.

Other will have good information here also. Check out "The Art of Clarinet Playing" here at Sneezy. It talks about supporting your air stream. There is really a great amount of information here for all clarinetist. Good luck to you.

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