Be sure to check with your band director or private teacher that your reeds are the proper strength, because reeds that are too soft or hard can also cause you to squeak. One other simple reed fix — make sure your reed is wet before playing, as dry reeds are more likely to squeak. Taking in too much mouthpiece. Playing with too much of the mouthpiece in your mouth can be a surefire way to squeak. If your mouthpiece is broken, old, or otherwise defective, see if the squeaking persists with a different mouthpiece.
Make sure your instrument is working properly. Other posts you might enjoy:. Stocking Stuffer Gift Ideas for Clarinetists. But there are three theories about the use of that term. Once upon a time, a long time ago, a German Count went to France, picked up some hunting horns, and brought them back to Germany.
These horns were a bit different than the ones they already had in Germany. Because of that, the people may have referred to these as the French horns to differentiate them from the German horns that were already in the country.
Horn originally developed from hunting horns. The hunting horns in Britain were different than the French hunting horns. The French hunting horns were larger. When musicians began to use these new horns in Britain they reminded people of the larger French hunting horns, so they called them French horns. In the late s instrument makers crafted horns in Britain, Germany, and France. Each country made the horns slightly differently, and each country contributed different features in the development of the modern horn.
Evidently, the best horns of the time came from French makers, so musicians called them French horns. Not to be confused with the British horns, the German horns, etc. Of course not. And if you are in a rehearsal and the conductor asks the horn section to play a section of music, does he mean just the French horns or the entire brass section?
Play it safe, and assume he is just referring to the French horn section. Looking for more info? Check here or here. Spit valves are just gross, right? Trumpet players get to some rests, and the first thing they do is blow spit all over the floor. Think about how trumpet players produce sound. They blow — directly into their instrument.
And with all the air that blows, you also get saliva. The air blows out through the horn, but not the saliva. It stays in the horn and collects. Pretty soon, our poor trumpet player begins to sound like he is playing underwater.
Because he is — sort of. So, with the rush of activity, you end up chirping or squeaking on the first note. How do I solve this? Completely set your embouchure before you blow. Place your tongue lightly on the reed tip of tongue to just below the tip of the reed. Take in air from the corners of your mouth. Close the corners of your mouth. Start blowing air while the tongue is still on the tip of the reed. While the pressure is built up in the mouth, gently release the tongue so the air can travel over the reed and vibrate.
Do this every time with a solid embouchure and your squeaks should decrease dramatically. Why not every time? Well, all of the thousands of other reasons to squeak: a poor reed, a chirpy mouthpiece, a leaking pad, not covering tone holes, etc… But, if you improve the stability of your embouchure and the start of your articulation, you should be well on your way to lowering the percentage of squeaks.
Remember to visit any of the embouchure, poor embouchure, articulation and other fundamental tabs in the navigation bar on Clarinet-Now. I hope this helps and keep in touch. Chris Clarinet-Now. Going back to squeaks — a squeak is when you play a higher partial instead of the fundamental. Squeaks are super common in clarinetists, and there are usually simple solutions.
This is an important piece of information which can help you determine the possible causes and solutions. Here are some of the most common causes of squeaks:. Here are some possible causes and solutions:.
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