Klarinet Archive - Posting 000392.txt from 1995/02

From: Jim Freeman <collnjim@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Mouthpiece blown pitch
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 01:39:53 -0500

How do we know tongue placement and not jaw level is responsible for this
difference in pitch? Among students I've had, both have been responsible
for pitch problems and tone funkiness. I'm wondering how blowing through
the mouthpiece will be able to give us any information enabling us to
know which problem (tongue or jaw) is the culprit.

Jim Freeman

On Sun, 19 Feb 1995, CLARK FOBES wrote:

> I had this discussiom with Charlie Bay one summer. The blown pitch of a
> Bb clarinet mouthpiece ahould be approximately sounding "C". With my
> mouthpiece I play about "C" + 20 cents At A@-----. Charlie does a lot of
> teaching and he mentioned that in all cases where students were always
> "sharp" they invariably voiced C#.
>
> Clark W Fobes
>