Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 1996/03

From: "Janis A. Brown" <jbrown@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: fluttertongue
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 23:14:12 -0500

Nick: I think this problem has to do with the tongue moving up when the
notes go up. I am not certain what your training has been but mine has been
not to move the tongue up when going up or down when the notes are going
down. If your tongue moves up for the clarion register it only seems to
follow that the fluttering would stop because there is no room for the
tongue to flutter. However, if you blow like crazy and/or pull the angle
of your clarinet in towards your body I think you will find that your
flutter will contiue to sound on up into the clarion and even the altissimo
registers. The reason these two methods are successful is they both create
room for the tongue to keep fluttering instead of closing off the space
inside your mouth where the tongue "flaps".
I hope thece techniques help.
JAB

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