Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 1997/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Throat Bb
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:50:18 -0400

Clare:
These features *do* change with "smiling". This is the point of it.
Jonathan Cohler is normally on the list, but doesn't seem to have
contributed for a day or three. He knows plenty about acoustics and how
the player interacts with the instrument. However, so do some other
contributors -
mostly more than I do - though I hope what I write is valid as far as it
goes.
Roger

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, C Henderson wrote:

> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 97 10:50:07 PDT
> From: C Henderson <chenderson@-----.au>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet digest <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: Throat Bb
>
>
> Roger wrote:
> > J. Cohler is probably the chap for this sort of thing.
>
> Cohler? Is he/she on the list? Excuse my ignorance, but where do I find him/her or books by him/her?
>
> > The rule of thumb is "think smile"
> > to put the pitch up and the converse to bring it down
>
> I know about smiling (or the reverse) - I guess when you said mouth cavity I thought you meant changing the position of tongue/ cheeks/palate etc. to alter the shape inside the mouth.
>
> Clare <chenderson@-----.au>
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