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Re: hissing/airy sound

Author: g81gr
Date: 2016-09-23 08:22

I want to thank every one of you, your answers are really perfect!!!

I noticed that i do not use lip pressure but jaw pressure. yesterday, i tried to not use the jaw moving it backwards and the hissing improved for a minute without going sharp!!! but after the minute my lips couldn't follow... I have been playing 20 years wrong, and i just realize things now...

I guess i have to use softer reed while using more lips so that the lips get stronger...

I recently changed the ligature (silverstein original) and this ligature improved the problem somehow... The hissing problem mush have been since i started playing, because i remember hurting my lips from the inside with my teeth, and i used pads so that i could bite the reed even more... But while playing only along with others i didn't ever noticed that sound.

The mouthpiece is ok, i had it tested, the clarinet is ok also tested, also there in no air leak from the corners around the lips.

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