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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2003-05-04 19:58
How do you keep from going flat above the high F# or so when playing Eb?
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2003-05-04 20:06
1. Make sure your reed is hard enough
2. Have enough mouthpiece in your mouth
3. Maintain enough pressure on the reed from your embouchure
4. Find sharper fingerings
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Author: Tim2
Date: 2003-05-04 21:44
Liquorice wrote:
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> 1. Make sure your reed is hard enough
> 2. Have enough mouthpiece in your mouth
> 3. Maintain enough pressure on the reed from your embouchure
> 4. Find sharper fingerings
Good points.
The words, "pressure on the reed" make me think of biting and I would think you don't mean that. Perhaps say, rather, "maintain a firm embouchure". I would also add,
5. Make sure you are supporting the air stream that is going through your clarinet.
The fingering for Eb that uses 2-3 and 5 fingering is always flat and should never be used.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-05-04 22:37
Faster air speed.
Also, have a few of the alternate Eb fingerings learned (there are more than a dozen) for special circumstances...GBK
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Author: diz
Date: 2003-05-05 00:23
Suzanne are you talking about playing on an "effer" or on a Bb clarinet?
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Author: cyso_clarinetist
Date: 2003-05-05 05:52
if you are talking abotu Eb Clarinet.. Try playing clarion Bb on the higher partial. On Bb clarinet it produces a sharp F sharp but on Eb it is pretty good.
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2003-05-05 20:59
I'm talking about the little guy--clarinet in Eb. In particular, I'm thinking of the Mahler 1 excerpt, altissimo F#-G#, is quite flat. I am using the fingerings from the Hadcock book. Can I ask, why would I necessarily need a harder reed? I don't need a harder reed when playing altissimo on the Bb clarinet.
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Author: David
Date: 2003-05-05 22:15
I wouldn't worry. How many bats (with perfect pitch) are going to be in the audience?
David
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