Klarinet Archive - Posting 000308.txt from 1995/06

From: Tom Ascher <U15310@-----.EDU>
Subj: Tongue position
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 11:42:08 -0400

Okay, no jokes please. It was bad enough when I came home and told my
wife that Sue (my teacher) doesn't like the way I use my tongue.

Seriously folks, I thought I was getting it right, but now not so
sure. One of the recent posters mentioned keeping the back of the tongue
pressed against the inside of the upper molars. In trying it, I'm
beginning to think this is what Sue was trying to say when she kept
saying keep your tongue up. Does this mean to ANCHOR the back of the
tongue against the molars, sort of with a CURVE in the back of the tongue
so that the sides go up against the molars and just the front of the
tongue is then free to move?