Author: Squidward
Date: 2015-06-07 23:43
Hello all.
I posted a while back asking for advice on expanding my altissimo range, and have been working on it since. I have gotten a slightly better handle on that high E and F, but I am still inept when it comes to tonguing in this range. When playing altissimo, any movement from my mouth or jaw, however slight, will cause the note to stop speaking or result in a squeak. I can reach these higher notes (with fairly good intonation as well) progressing up the scale from a G on top of the staff, as well as starting with an air attack, but not tonguing.
Now on to my second question. The only way I can hit these high notes is, of course, by making my aperture smaller, but this causes air to leak out the sides of my mouth. While my embouchure in the lower register is more like an "o" in the higher register it becomes more of an "eee" shape (this is the only way I can get the notes to speak, I have tried experimenting with embouchure in this register with no luck). I understand air leakage is usually a sign of poor embouchure, and also your embouchure is not supposed to really change going up the register, just the pressure on the reed.
I know it is difficult to help with nothing more than a written description, but I was hoping some of you might have some insight to these issues. Thank you in advance.
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