Author: Nicc
Date: 2006-02-26 16:20
I've been playing clarinet for 7 years and as far as I know this is a recent problem (I have not noticed it until recently). When I play, there is often air escaping from the sides of my mouth. I notice it especially when I play scales, although it happens in my pieces too (I probably don't notice so much becuase I am concentrating more). There are a couple of possible reasons for this that I can think of, but I'm not an expert so any help on figuring out the real problem would be great. Firstly, I recently moved from a 2 1/2 to a 3 reed, as I found that it is not possible to produce quality-sounding altissimo notes with the 2 1/2. I wondered if using a thicker reed has caused this problem. If so, will my embouchure eventually change to allow for this?
Secondly, I wear braces. I have had them on the front of my teeth, top and bottom, for at least a year. However, my teeth have moved alot - the two front teeth used to overlap whereas now I have a large gap. Could this be the problem, or a contributing factor?
I really want to sort this problem out as I have a competition in a couple of weeks! Thanks
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