Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 1995/06

From: Nichelle Crocker <NCROCKER@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Glissandos
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:18:03 -0400

I recently had the same glissando dilemma as Lisa, and here is the advice that
worked for me. It seems to take place with the tongue and throat. The sides
of your tongue are up against your top molars and your tongue moves from the
position it is in when you say "hee" to the position for "aah". At least that's
how I learned.

The person who gave me this advice said that the tongue position I described
(up against the top molars) is where it should be already. I had never heard
that before, or really any comments about "proper tongue position". Any
comments on this?

Nichelle Crocker