Klarinet Archive - Posting 001158.txt from 1997/10

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #354
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 15:29:57 -0500

HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> <<Yes, it is only one note but to be
> able to crescendo and decrescendo without changing tone , timbre or
> pitch is important to learn to do and someone once told the most
> difficult note to play is one note.>>
>
> I'll buy that, but why play them every day?

I am one of the people who recommend every day. Actually what I should
have said is every practice session and that you should practice several
times a week, daily or close to it if you are serious about the
clarinet. The reason is that the embouchure is a set of muscles. Like
any other muscle, they will deteriorate without regular training
exercises. Also if one does not regularly play these long tones as a
method of checking themselves, bad habits can develop and get pretty
serious before the player discovers that there even is a problem.

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