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 Re: How much air to put through the horn?
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2021-02-19 05:25

BaconLord wrote:

> I just cannot understand how much air I should be putting
> through the clarinet.
>
> So, what then? Should I be blowing as hard as I can (with
> control of course) or should I be more reserved with my air and
> play a lighter setup?
>
You've gotten first-hand experience with the range of opinion on this. The best advice, I think, is to use your ears to listen to the sound you're producing and less to the people who are telling you how you need to play.

You've been through a college program and should have a good background of experience, probably, in a variety of playing situations. You know enough to have some idea of what you want your playing to be. It isn't really a question of how much air you need to use, but one of how much air you need to use to produce the result you want.

My clarinet teacher in college, Anthony Gigliotti, invented (as far as I know) the term BTSOOI (Blow The **** Out Of It) to describe how he often felt he had to play to satisfy Eugene Ormandy as he played in the Philadelphia Orchestra with its huge string sound. But he was also capable of some exquisitely soft playing (mostly for other conductors) that he couldn't possibly have managed if he only blew hard (BTSOOI) all the time or if he always played on reeds that required that kind of force.

Context makes a difference, but absent any demands other than your own expectations and knowing how many differing, even opposing opinions there are, you need to make your own decision about this based on what comes out of your instrument.

> Something else that I think it's worth noting and would like
> advice: I am now wanting to switch to double lip. I have been
> experimenting with it and I just love the differences in all
> aspects it's making to my sound. Double lip players, how much
> air do you blow through the horn?

Enough to make the clarinet sound and respond the way I need it to.

Karl
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