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Re: Struggle to get high notes

Author: Katrina
Date: 2020-12-17 18:46

If you can play the fourth octave D, try starting on it and slurring up to the E by lifting your RH first finger.

Keep the embouchure completely still and the corners firm. Voicing (how you shape your mouth, throat, and lips) also comes into play. I find that thinking "eeee" (American pronunciation) really helps.

There is a voicing exercise to help practice this. Play low C, then try to play its related higher G WITHOUT adding the register key. Then try to make it "squeak" the high E, again without adding the register key. At the beginning this might be tricky, but even if you can't get it to work, it can help!

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Re: Struggle to get high notes

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