Klarinet Archive - Posting 000850.txt from 1997/10

From: Virginia Scarfino <scarfinv@-----.net>
Subj: RE: excess saliva
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:51:29 -0400

Another cause might be from using too much tongue when
articulating. Large tongue movements can cause you to salivate
more. I had this problem for a while when I switched from
tonguing against my lip to tonguing against the reed. Once I
got the correct tip-of-tongue to tip-of-reed action going, my
problem with saliva stopped. In fact, I often have to actually
wet my reed because it will dry out while I am actually playing
it!

Ginny Scarfino

-----Original Message-----
From: Caryn Siegel [SMTP:cesiegel@-----.net]
Subject: excess saliva

Hi. I've been watching this list for a while and want to thank
all of
you for some useful information. I am a MS band director and
clarinet
player/private instructor. I am hoping someone can help. I
have a
beginning student (has been playing about 4 mos) who is having a
MAJOR
problem with excess saliva. From my view, her embrouchure looks
pretty
and the tone is developing nicely. She is using a Vandoren B45
mouthpiece and Vandoren reeds (2.5). Has anyone else had this
problem
with a student before? Any suggestions? btw, she does wear
braces
(although I have many students who do)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...
Caryn