Klarinet Archive - Posting 000864.txt from 1995/05

From: Victor Freyer <vfreyer@-----.NET>
Subj: Muted Harmonics (was:Terminology: brass or woodwind)
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 10:39:21 -0400

Ed Pearlstein <e_p@-----.EDU> wrote:
(Note that it's very hard to play bugle calls, no fingers changed,
on a clarinet!)

Mark Dunlop <dunlop@-----.NZ> replied:
I totally agree, but as an aside, have you ever tried playing the B in the
middle of the stave with the bell of your clarinet muted ?

To which I would like to add,
The easiest way I know of to mute your clarinet is to cross your legs (an
open cross with ankle on knee) and place the bell against your pant-leg
enshrouded calf muscle. Long pants are necessary because you have to allow
a small amount of air to escape from the bell.

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