Klarinet Archive - Posting 000554.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Sax Warm Air , Clarinet cool air
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 12:55:06 -0500

Blow air in your hand :once with trying to make your breath cool (fast
air), the second time warm like Haaaaaaaaaaaa (slower air). That is the
difference between cool, and hot air. (hey, no hot air jokes!) :)

At 03:15 PM 2/16/97 +0000, Ian M. Dilley wrote:
>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.
>> >
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College
Foundation of Arts and Musical Excellence Summer Music Festival (FAME)