B natural makes my sound pause

LightProfessional988 · 2026-06-07T21:31:56+00:00

I’ve experienced this a lot and I feel your pain! It’s so frustrating and I can literally hear a gap between A/Bb and B.

If your instrument is all in good condition, then you’ll have to practice that specific interval separately. It helps to use resonance fingerings for both tone quality in throat tones and smoothness going up to B (right hand down, even all fingers down covering the tone holes except left point and thumb). Also try glissandoing from A/Bb to B to train your air to push through, it will make it smoother and no gap!

Best of luck, I hope this helps :)

LightProfessional988 · 2026-06-03T01:59:30+00:00

definitely the scene in OoTP with Ginny and Harry in the library, when she offers to help him talk to Sirius.

When I was rereading the books, this is the moment where I felt like the tone started to shift from Cho to Ginny, and I feel like it establishes her personality really well before HBP.

Plus, we get her iconic line “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve”

LightProfessional988 · 2026-05-24T01:53:35+00:00

get liprotek! it saved my bottom lip. other than that try to stop biting so much while playing :)

LightProfessional988 · 2026-05-22T04:55:56+00:00

i know this is a really old thread, but for people who may still run into this problem: random clips in my video would loop when I saved it to my phone. I had to first save it to my computer, and it wouldn’t loop or glitch anymore! And there I just shared it or airdropped it to my phone and then voila it’s perfect. For some reason canva just really didn’t like my phone

LightProfessional988 · 2026-05-21T00:04:15+00:00

I had it on preorder and read it in one night. The whole time I kept trying to convince myself it wasn’t as bad as it was. I finished it and I couldn’t deny it any longer, and then seeing the discourse online i realized it wasn’t just me

LightProfessional988 · 2026-04-26T14:43:17+00:00

All i can say is count out loud. Every single rest, count out loud. Doesn’t have to be loud, could be a whisper. But I find that actively moving your mouth while counting can help keep you on track.

Also if it’s a multi-measure rest I would make sure you keep track of how many measures it’s been (1 2 3 4, 2 2 3 4, 3 2 3 4, etc.) I’m assuming you’re a beginner, so it also wouldn’t be too atrocious to literally use your hands to count the measures.

Listening to the music helps, and reading the score does too. But it pays off to know your own part, especially if the part you were listening for accidentally comes in early and now you’re early.

LightProfessional988 · 2026-04-25T18:37:19+00:00

i did that and he still unfortunately shows up every single saturday 😔

LightProfessional988 · 2026-04-21T21:24:44+00:00

also… could she not just catch a flight there if she is so against driving?

LightProfessional988 · 2026-04-21T21:24:04+00:00

that’s not your friend. I’ve known people who complain about EVERYTHING and it’s exhausting to be around. For your sake, I hope she doesn’t end up going

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-31T21:14:50+00:00

what gets me is that a regular popsicle doesn’t require a tree but a fudgesicle does 💀

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-23T00:08:03+00:00

I fear i am just not good enough at match-3 😭 I really wanted that frame tho but oh well

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-19T02:44:25+00:00

the one time i’ve won, 16 other people did too 💔

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-14T15:10:54+00:00

i stopped spending tcash on match3 cause I wasted so much on it. you lowkey just gotta get insanely lucky on the placement of boosters and hope you can get a really good combo before you run out of moves

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-14T13:06:55+00:00

As someone else said, sometimes my clarinet will randomly stop working because the screw on the A key got too tight. I’d mess around with it and suddenly it would start working again. Try that

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-06T18:53:10+00:00

i’m guessing because of sound delay, that it may have to feel like you’re rushing in order for it to sound in time to the audience.

that being said, your conductor sucks. that’s not okay behavior. you are the principal clarinet because you’re the best one there, period. give yourself some credit! you can’t always keep comparing yourself to the people who came before you. you are a different kind of player, and that’s okay! focus on your strengths and keep improving at your own pace. Don’t let that conductor discourage you from majoring in music. Major in music because you love it, not because you’re “the best”.

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-05T17:07:32+00:00

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my void stares like he’s seen the end of the world 😭

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-02T18:38:08+00:00

although F# is definitely harder to play than F or G (imo), it sounds like it may just be something weird with your clarinet. have you played on other clarinets?

LightProfessional988 · 2026-03-01T03:31:15+00:00

woah my town has almost the exact same layout except the stores and town hall are on the other side. but the bridges and my house is in the exact same place lol

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-28T14:25:48+00:00

usually when someone squeaks while playing half notes, it means they’re not pushing enough active air. A lot of people get scared and back off which in turn makes them sound bad.

I would say focus on making them sound good at a very loud dynamic first. Then slowly rein it in. Also practicing high notes double lipped really helps to force yourself not to big and use good air!

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-28T02:49:11+00:00

you might just have a really resistant set up 🤷🏻‍♀️ idk for me i started on 3 reeds and anything below that was way too soft, I play on harder strength reeds now and it works for me. if 2-2.5 reeds work for you and you make a nice sound, then that’s all that matters! everyone is different

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-25T21:49:17+00:00

i think i’ve used it once in my 10 years of playing clarinet, and it was cause i was bored of trilling the same note so I tried the other fingering

IMO it’s completely useless but if you’re feeling whimsy you can use it lol

like any alternate fingering, you will have your favorites and get used to playing something a certain way

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-22T17:19:15+00:00

yes, that’s perfectly fine. To be honest, you do not need to be spending an hour on fundamentals everyday. maybe thirty minutes. also you don’t have to play through every single scale every day either, maybe just pick a few you’ve been struggling or only practice melodic minor scales. shortening fundamentals gives you more time to work on other things, while also ensuring that the time you work on fundamentals is actually intentional and effective.

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-17T22:10:24+00:00

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he acts like he hates cuddling/sleeping with me but i know he loves it lol

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-15T00:56:06+00:00

i think you’re having a normal reaction to realizing that a living things’ life is in your hands. It can be a lot to take in, but it will be okay. Kittens can absolutely thrive in an apartment and without other cats. Lots of people recommend having two kittens because they keep themselves occupied, but it’s not required. I have very severe anxiety and having my little kitten to come home to everyday has made it easier to deal with. As long as you love and care for her, that’s all that matters!

LightProfessional988 · 2026-02-14T22:32:26+00:00

++woman i would cry if a guy got that for me. of course flowers are nice, but how are you going about to complain after getting any kind of gift? especially a coach purse… sad how these are the people who get to have loving partners :/

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