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Re: Playing too flat

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-02-16 21:27

First of all, you only mention F4 (20 cents flat). You don't give any real idea how flat the rest of the chalumeau register is. F4 is often flat (though 20 cents is unusual). What about A3, C4, Eb4? What keys are you adding to bring the throat notes up? All the throat notes or just certain ones?

How does C6 tune? Is it sharp? In tune? Also flat?

There are only a couple ways that you could be causing the flatness. Are you changing anything (if you haven't thought about it, concentrate on it next time you play) when you go below the break? If you slacken your jaw, loosen your embouchure, lower your tongue drastically - in any way make the inside of your mouth *a lot* larger when you play chalumeau notes than you do when you play up higher - it might explain flatness.

It might be a quirk in your mouthpiece - have you tried anyone else's mouthpiece on their clarinets? On yours?

See if you can notice more information to help narrow down the possibilities.

Karl

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