Klarinet Archive - Posting 000491.txt from 1997/02

From: "Lisa K. Clayton" <clayton@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Sax/clarinet double
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:58:47 -0500

>You're correct that dropping the jaw is not the way play the low notes on
>saxophone. Dropping the jaw (on either clarinet or saxophone) is probably
>about the worst habit you can get into.

Oh-oh! I have a habit of dropping my jaw just to get out a half-decent
glissando when I'm playing Dixieland. My tongue doesn't give me
the kind of range I want. If I'm a decent groove, my embochure comes
back immediately. If I'm less lucky, it can screw me up. Does
anyone else use a "jaw drop" to gliss or am I just Frankenstein's
Clarinetist?

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