Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 1997/03

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Sax Liebman, Low Notes
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:40:25 -0500

At 02:09 PM 3/10/97 -0600, Gary Young wrote:
>On 3/8 Adam Michlin wrote:
>>
>>I was (am being) taught to do that (take less mouthpiece as you go lower)
>>on both saxophone and clarinet. On clarinet, the most obvious advantage is
>>that the low register stays in tune better. On saxophone it helps the
>>intonation and prevents the notes from spreading ("honking"). Have you
>>tried it?
>
>I'm puzzled how this works (on clarinet). Doesn't this mean you are
>constantly moving and resetting your embouchure? Isn't that really
>destabilizing? What kind of motion is this, kind of a rolling? I think
>I'm not getting the picture.

No rolling involved. The clarinet is just very slightly slid out of the
mouth. I've never measured the distance, but I suspect it's millimeters or
less. The embouchure remains consant.

-Adam
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