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Re: Squeak and Embouchure

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-08-16 03:57

The embouchure should, absent any specific reason for doing otherwise, be kept stable. Changes in pressure encourage changes in the way the reed vibrates. Should your embouchure be tight? It depends on what you mean by tight, so I can't answer that. But the reed should be under control and the embouchure should not be moving around to accomplish intervals as close together as the ones you've asked about in this and other posts.

Play the upper note with the best quality you can produce. Try to play the lower note with the same embouchure and air. If it works for both notes, the interval should come out cleanly.

I'm assuming you're using the regular (RK+A) fingering for Bb. Going from F4 to Bb you need to get the register key down cleanly. If you open it too soon you might conceivably be forcing an out-of-tune C6 before you get everything where it needs to go for Bb.

Karl

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