| When you're playing, ANY note that seems to disappear, is due to poor support. A lot of players try to rely on the air primarily to push up to the high notes, a "Huh" sound.
Try this: At the beginning of the piece you are playing, finger the first note, and dont finger the other notes, just tongue them, so its just one note doing all the rhythms. If you've developed the habit of using forced air, you'll notice when you see the notes start moving up, the note will either go sharp, or to another pitch! You may also notice a change in tongue style, which is also bad.
If it feels uncomfortable, its wrong. If everything's working correctly, you'll notice the high pitched notes should feel just like the lower ones!
Van
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