Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 1996/03

From: Terri Kimiko Oda <as648@-----.CA>
Subj: jaw movement and crummy mouthpieces...
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 22:38:08 -0500

>I had already changed to a significantly better mouthpiece, on his advice,
>after using some cheapy that came with some used clarinet I bought years ago.
> It turned out that all the jaw motion was done to get notes to speak and to
>play in tune with the old moutpiece. With a decent mouthpiece, I no longer
>had to use all that extra effort, but did it out of habit! My teacher had
>realized about the jaw motion from day one, but didn't bother to make me
>aware of it until he sorted out my mouthpiece problem. A great teacher!
> Don Yungkurth (DYungkurth@-----.com)

Hmmm... do you think that's where I picked up the jaw movement problem? I
was playing with not only a basic student mouthpiece, but a chipped one
this summer, because I was (A) too lazy to get a new one and (B) too unsure
of what to buy, and couldn't see my teacher until the end of the summer.
(Yes, pathetic...) Anyways, can I blame my troubles on a mouthpiece, or
is it more likely to be incompetance on my part as I always assumed it
was?

-> Terri <-

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