well theres not really alot you can do as anything u say will prolly be taken ass offensive by her? surely she can hear how bad she sounds, maybe talk to ur conductor and see what he/she says. put your suggestions forward to the first chair if you dont think they will react badly, but be careful!

Has she tried a harder grade reed?

kinda off topic... but i love that song! in the first movement, the "yester-day straw-berry" was cool. and i loved playing the solo you speak of

are yo more satified with the way you play your D? then figure out what you do and what she doesnt do and just suggest it. a good musician will take the advice and not get offended. if she does, forget about it and worry about your own part.

I used to have that problem all the time. I would just play an octave lower. I worked relaxing my embechure(sp?) and I would work with my piano at home so I could tell when I was out of tune. So, yeah, I don't know how much that will help you. But, good luck.

Hi Toni,

You or someone like the Band Director should explain that you need to play your higher tones as if you have an egg sitting on your tongue right behind your teeth. Keep the tongue low as if the egg is sitting on it. Keep the jaw low also, and open the throat. This is the embochure that I play with in all registers. I hope this helps. You might want to have her pull her middle joints apart a tiny bit also. All four of my joints (barrel, upper middle, lower middle, and bell) are pulled out a little to correctly tune all of the notes that sound out of each joint. When you tune G (open) that uses the barrel to push or pull. When tuning C (one line below staff) and G (sitting on top of staff) You use the middle joints to pull if they are sharp. Finally, tuning low F and middle C you would use the bell joint. Ihope this helps and good luck listening to her squawking on the solo you should have had!

-Dennis

A lot of people have that same problem on notes above the register, mostly because they require a lot of air. She might be "gripping," which means she's basically trying to squeak out the note, thinking that if she's tihter around the mouthpiece, she will get the note. Tell her to relax her mouth position into how it normally would be, just with tighter corners, and good air support. Not necessarily more air, but controlled, supported air.

I don't know if the mouthpiece matters but check which one is it. Tell her to open her throat and use more air. Breathe from your diaphragm.