Klarinet Archive - Posting 001111.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Long Tones
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:35:12 -0500

This is a well-thought out description of why to use long tones every day.
I may print and give to my students!

Roger Garrett

On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Dee Hays wrote:
>
> Very thoughtful questions. Again as I said before, it works. But here are some
> more thoughts. If your can not play with good tone on a long note, you have
> little chance of good tone in passage work. Your embouchure muscles have no
> "built-in" position. The long tones build "muscle memory" of good embouchure.
> For most embouchure problems, it's easier to find what the problems are. Yes, in
> theory every note requires a very slightly different embouchure for absolute
> perfection on that note. In practice this is not a problem.
>
> The embouchure muscles are like any other muscles. They need slow exercises as
> well as fast.
>
> Dee Hays
> deerich@-----.net
> Canton, SD
>
>