Michelle Anderson, founder of Clarinet Mentors, provides training exercises to correct common bad habits while playing in the altissimo register.
- Common bad habits: wimpy air, tendency to back off or tense up when approaching altissimo notes.
- Focus on firm corners of the mouth gripping the mouthpiece (“corners-in”)
- Subtle change in embouchure to apply pressure lower down on the reed as you go higher into altissimo
- Demonstration of a overtone exercise: playing high notes without pressing the register to develop a feel for the proper embouchure and air
- Another practice technique: deliberately use too much mouthpiece to explore the altissimo range.
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