Klarinet Archive - Posting 000545.txt from 1997/02

From: "Ian M. Dilley" <imd@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Sax Warm Air , Clarinet cool air
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:15:41 -0500

OK. How do I vary the temperature of my breath? Would an ice cube in
my mouth help?

Seriously though I haven't a clue what you're talking about. Could
someone explain what is really meant by warm and cool air?

Ian Dilley.

>
> I agree. The clarinet should have cool air, and the sax warm air. That is a
> big difference in the way that the 2 instruments are blown. A sax player
> using cool air like a clarinet will likely have a shallow, pinched tone.
> Donald Sinta teaches sax that way. I didn't study w/him, but I do have his
> video.
>
>
>
>
> At 07:00 PM 2/15/97 -0500, Virginia Scarfino wrote:
> >Just catching up on mail from the last few days, and thought I'd make a
> >couple of comments.
> >
> >One summer at a CAMMAC music camp, someone asked our clarinet coach (who
> >was also a saxophonist), Paul Bendza, the difference between the clarinet
> >and sax embouchures. He summarized it for us in very simple terms (i.e. a
> >generality rather than finely detailed specifics!). He said to think of a
> >sax embouchure being the size of a quarter, blowing warm air, and a
> >clarinet embouchure being the size of a dime, blowing cool air.
> >

   
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