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Problems with tongue *shape*

Author: aero145
Date: 2009-05-04 14:22

Hello BB’ers!

Only a very short time ago, a teacher of mine ”noticed” (well not physically, as one needs a Röntgen machine for that :-P) a thing I have always been doing wrong on the clarinet (only the soprano ones) when playing high (G-5 and higher). The shape of the tongue is like when you say the ”c” in cauliflower; that is, it restricts the airflow so there’s far too much pressure on the lips and it’s difficult to get the tone satisfying.

I also play the bass clarinet and I seem to be doing the things just fine there.

I wanted to ask if any of you have heard of this problem/have had the same problem/know the solution of this problem. I have spoken with quite many people about this case and most have said that it’s just a matter of using better support, and that the tongue would be more correctly formed if the support would be better. I don’t have any problems similar to this on the bassoon, everything seems just fine there too like with the bass clarinet.

Sorry for the bad setup of the message, English is not my first language!

Best regards,
DAE

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