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Author: Beth
Date: 2004-02-06 20:15
My friend taught me some altissimo notes the other day...he played them without a problem, but I couldn't, until i rested my teeth against the reed and blew...then our notes sounded exactly the same. is it okay to do that to reach altissimo notes?
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2004-02-06 21:35
What instrument are you talking about? If it is clarinet or saxophone, then you certainly shouldn't have the reed against your teeth, although you probably should have the top of the mouthpiece against your teeth.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2004-02-07 00:51
you may need a stronger reed. it sounds like the reed doesn't have enough support to vibrate that quickly. if it's a single reed instrument, a 3 or 3 1/2 work well. brands to get are probably vandoren or mitchel lurie. also air speed is important. i know for beginners just hitting high clarion notes they squeeze the notes out and they end up sharp or most often don't come out because they are too tight. instead of tightening your embouchure so tight the reed is touching the mouthpiece increase your air speed. heres an example, you don't want your air like an exhaust pipe of a car, it's slow. what you need is a train whistle, it has speed. air speed will also support the note and help notes in the altissimo range to be in tune. you also don't want your teeth on the reed, you can press to tight and break a reed, and the reed is supported by two spots instead of a whole lip, it's also uncofortable. hope this helps.
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Author: mpmajor
Date: 2004-02-16 23:34
It's all in your head.... Imagine that you're playing really high notes and you shouldn't have a problem. Don't adjust your embouchure and do not bite the reed or your tone will get really bad and the notes will be out of tune. Don't adjust anything unless you aren't using the proper embouchure.
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