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Student suddenly can't play?

Author: Amster87
Date: 2014-04-17 17:27

H everyone, I have been lurking and reading for quite some time but I have finally decided to come and ask for some suggestions and help.

This past school year I took on two new clarinet students. I will admit as well that it is my first year of teaching clarinet although I have been playing clarinet myself for many years. Both my students have been making wonderful progress but within the last week we have run into a problem. My younger student suddenly can't play anything above B flat. Nothing using the register key will come out or barely come out. We have gone back and working on breathing. I've checked tongue and mouth positions. We checked reeds and the strength and tried some new mouth pieces. Nothing works. I would like some suggestions from the experts on here as to what to do next.

The only thing that changed was that she recently acquired a different clarinet. I tested it and it works well for me. Perhaps I missed something on it? I did ask them to take it to a technician but they have not as of yet.

Thank you for any help you can give!

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