Klarinet Archive - Posting 001065.txt from 1997/10

From: "Craig E. G. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #350
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 01:14:44 -0400

This has got to be my fifth or sixth post in the past twenty minutes! I
was quite surprised to find 55 messages in my mailbox when I returned
home!

Anyway, long tone practice really helps you develop a good embouchure
and also hear notes and think about intonation. It is good to help you
support the tone, and hear how the pitch may vary over a period of time,
and allow you to fix this. Moreover, it is a good way to warm up nicely
and easily.

You may want to take a look at these articles that can explain better
than I, and give you some ideas on what kind of long tone warm up to
persue. Some specifically address long tones, while others focus more
on intonation.

http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/lessons/sandberg_L2.html
http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/lessons/geidel_L1.html
http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/articles/geidel5.html
http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/articles/labadorf1.html
http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/articles/spring1.html

Quite a lot of reading, but I have thoroughly enjoyed all these
articles, and I think you will too!

--
Craig Countryman
cegc@-----.net
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1711

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