Thank you for the video! I don't know if you agree, but another sign might also be that when you try to breathe in (in-between phrases) there is still a lot of air left to breathe out first, like it is for an oboe player. With a restricted throat less air can go through and if you have breathed in a lot of air it feels uncomfortable when it doesn't go away quick enough. An explanation for throat tension among wind musicians and singers is that for many the Valsalva maneuver unconsciously occurs when playing. It mainly happens as a reflex as a result of pushing with the abdominal muscles while playing, or trying to blow air against something with too much resistance, for example a too hard reed. What happens is that the body wants to keep all the air inside in order to stabilize (weight lifters use this) and tries to close the glottis and throat. If you hear a wind musician grunt before they start a tone it is a telltale sign of this.
Great video! ❤ What about playing with flutter tongue? I find it helpful sometimes for tension and just getting the air going. I thought you mentioned it in one of your previous video.
hey Cally, i'm trying to learn how to play the clarinet by myself and i'm having a problem with my higher notes coming off with a guh sound and i was thinking if this would also be a throat tension problem. (i know it would be much easier having someone to teach me to play but where i live it's really hard to find someone who plays the clarinet (and i kind of like the searching and trying to find solutions etc, anyways haha)) loving the vids and tips 😁
The palate. Is it lifted while playing? I am a retired operasinger (been playing clarinet a year now plus), and thats what I would do. I would lower the voicebox as well. Is this the same playing the clarinet?
Hmm, good questions. I haven't thought much about the soft palate but I would say yes it is raised. Voicebox, not sure. But doing some humming while playing clarinet can help relax the throat!
Thank you for the video! I don't know if you agree, but another sign might also be that when you try to breathe in (in-between phrases) there is still a lot of air left to breathe out first, like it is for an oboe player. With a restricted throat less air can go through and if you have breathed in a lot of air it feels uncomfortable when it doesn't go away quick enough.
An explanation for throat tension among wind musicians and singers is that for many the Valsalva maneuver unconsciously occurs when playing. It mainly happens as a reflex as a result of pushing with the abdominal muscles while playing, or trying to blow air against something with too much resistance, for example a too hard reed. What happens is that the body wants to keep all the air inside in order to stabilize (weight lifters use this) and tries to close the glottis and throat. If you hear a wind musician grunt before they start a tone it is a telltale sign of this.
Great video! ❤ What about playing with flutter tongue? I find it helpful sometimes for tension and just getting the air going. I thought you mentioned it in one of your previous video.
That's right!! Thank you!! 😸
hey Cally, i'm trying to learn how to play the clarinet by myself and i'm having a problem with my higher notes coming off with a guh sound and i was thinking if this would also be a throat tension problem. (i know it would be much easier having someone to teach me to play but where i live it's really hard to find someone who plays the clarinet (and i kind of like the searching and trying to find solutions etc, anyways haha))
loving the vids and tips 😁
The palate. Is it lifted while playing?
I am a retired operasinger (been playing clarinet a year now plus), and thats what I would do.
I would lower the voicebox as well.
Is this the same playing the clarinet?
Hmm, good questions. I haven't thought much about the soft palate but I would say yes it is raised. Voicebox, not sure. But doing some humming while playing clarinet can help relax the throat!
My daughter plays clarinet and I notice her veins bulging out in her neck while playing . Is this throat tension ?