Klarinet Archive - Posting 001038.txt from 1997/10

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #350
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 21:23:54 -0400

HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> <<Practice long tones every day!>>
>
> Why?

Because it works. Almost all tone problems require this as a remedial
exercise. Those with good tone find it helps them to keep it. Why does
it work? I don't really know but here is my spin on it. By holding
long tones, the embouchure gets better developed and develops more
quickly then if a person only plays his etudes and band music. Also
when the student plays long tones, he has more of an opportunity to
really listen to his own sound. He / she will then make both conscious
and subconscious adjustments to obtain a sound more pleasing to himself.

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD