Klarinet Archive - Posting 000458.txt from 1997/05

From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson)
Subj: Re: Pino book
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 22:31:12 -0400

On Wed, 14 May 1997 20:59:14 -0400 Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.net>
writes:

>The other big problem that is caused by breathing, is the disruption
>of
>embouchure and fingers. When one takes a breath through the mouth,
>one
>necessarily moves the embouchure. Therefore it must be reset before
>playing again.

I don't find this difficult. Simply breathe out of the sides of your
mouth so that top & bottom lip and top & bottom teeth don't move
relative to the mouthpiece / reed. You may relax the pressure from the
bottom jaw a little while you're inhaling, but you immediately go back to
the necessary amount of pressure when you start playing again; your body
knows how much pressure to apply.

Nathaniel Johnson
Conductor / Clarinettist
All-Around Good Guy
University of Northern Colorado
clarinat@-----.com