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Re: reed placement question

Author: nellsonic  Date:   2021-03-12 10:31 I would start by playing just the mouthpiece and barrel. If your pitch is around an F#5 on the tuner (same as a G# on the top of the staff on clarinet) than there may be a problem with your clarinet. More than likely you'll find the note you are producing is a lower pitch. That would mean that the primary issue is with how you are playing, not the clarinet. If it is you, that can be addressed - usually by using an "Eeee" vowel position for the tongue. The embouchure and reed strength can factor in, especially if the embouchure is way off, but hopefully this experiment will give you some more information. If you are used to playing with a lower tongue position it can take more patience to fix than you might expect, but it can be done with just a little persistence. Either way, it's a solvable issue! Now is a great time to be gearing up to play in a group. The end of the pandemic is near. Anders Post Edited (2021-03-13 03:11)

Topics	Author	Date
reed placement question  new	EaubeauHorn	2021-03-12 05:47
Re: reed placement question  new	SecondTry	2021-03-12 07:00
Re: reed placement question  new	kdk	2021-03-12 07:13
Re: reed placement question  new	Paul Aviles	2021-03-12 07:47
Re: reed placement question  new	nellsonic	2021-03-12 10:31
Re: reed placement question  new	EaubeauHorn	2021-03-13 23:29
Re: reed placement question  new	kdk	2021-03-13 23:38
Re: reed placement question  new	Mr. Q	2021-03-30 23:47
Re: reed placement question  new	Tom H	2021-03-31 05:03
Re: reed placement question  new	Burt	2021-04-04 00:56

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