Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 1996/10

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.com>
Subj: Re: odd comments (acoustics)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 16:42:48 -0400

Eric wrote:

-->My teacher maintains that one should not change the embouchure when
playing
-->high notes, but I think he means that high notes should not be "forced".

I cannot play these notes without embouchure adjustment (to a more relaxed
position).
I too have heard that it is amateurs who must alter the position of their
muscles in order
to effect the highest tones. Every time I play, I think of this remark. I
have not
_rigorously_ experimented with effecting jumps without an embouchure change,
but
make "attempts" quite often. They fail. ----Bill F.