Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 1996/02

From: Cathleen Renee Orr <orrcathl@-----.EDU>
Subj: lazy tongue
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 23:28:45 -0500

Hi everyone, I'm having difficulty tongueing (ok, enough innuendo...)

I am in concert band at MSU and we are playing Samuel Barber's Commando March.
At one point, the piece requires 16th notes articulated. The tempo indication
on the piece is quarters at 144, our director is saying 138-ish, which really
isn't any easier, IMHO. I have been spending quite a bit of time with my
metronome, and I can't do it. I am rather frustrated since I can say " ta ta ta
ta..." at the tempo with no difficulty, but once I have my horn in my mouth,
the response is slow and it seems like I can't tongue as fast as I did before.
Also, the notes are pretty high (leger line E ) and they sound squeaky. What's
up? Would a harder reed help?

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Cathleen R. Orr
orrcathl@-----.edu
" There's more to life than just clarinet, there's more clarinet."
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