Klarinet Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 1997/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 08:22:46 -0500

jennifer:
I suspect I'm significantly taller than you are. If the instrument is
leaning away at the top, I *have* to bend or fold to get at the
mouthpiece, because it's too far from my mouth.
In fact, the mouthpiece is lower this way - fairly obviously, because the
instrument body forms an acute angle with the floor.
Roger S.

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Jennifer Rose McKenna wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:16:12 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
>
> I do not agree with you roger, if you sit on the edge of the chair, how
> you should sit when you play bass anyway, if you tilt the bell in toward
> your body more to compensate for the neck, the instrument will not be too
> close to the chair, the only problem that i would see with that would be
> that the mouthpiece would be higher than you would be used to. so sit on a
> book or something. it'll work. and if you sit on the edge of your chair,
> breathing will imporove. i don't see your logic in tilting the instrument
> would make breathing difficult?? if anything tilting the instrument would
> make you sit up straighter!!! apparantly you haven't tried that before.
>
> jennifer mckenna
> university of north texas
> jrm0013@-----.edu
> clarinet concentration/music ed major
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>
> > Personally, I don't see why anyone should *want* to have a similar
> > embouchure on the bass - one is dealing with two pretty different
> > instruments. I started out that way on the bass, but found I couldn't
> > control it. Also, if you try to sit with the top part of the instrument
> > sloping away, you will be sitting right on the edge of your seat, which
> > may well not be a good thing for several reasons, not least the increased
> > likelihood of falling off. Another reason is that it can make breathing
> > difficult.
> > Roger Shilcock
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:30:54 -0600 (CST)
> > > From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> > > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > > Subject: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
> > >
> > > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Andrea Kellaway wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks to Roger and Jennifer for all of your great advice!
> > > >
> > > > Yes, Jennifer, I am playing on a more sax-like set up. That is why, Roger, I was so
> > > > confused at your statement that the clarinet and bass clarinet embouchures are a lot
> > > > alike. I too play on a student model, but it has a great tone, so I have never seen
> > > > any need to change, but it is the saxophone set up that is doing me harm, I agree.
> > > > Unfortunately, I do not have the money for a better set-up, and all the bass
> > > > clarinets my university owns have the same set up, so I am at a loss for what to do.
> > > > Is it possible to get a proper neck custom made, I wonder?
> > >
> > > Andrea...
> > >
> > > I have students set the instrument under their chair (the pin that is!)
> > > with the horn at an angle and use a neck strap to support the instrument.
> > > This is the only way to get the angle to be more like a clarinet. Yes,
> > > you end up tilting your head a bit.....not as bad as the Charles Bay
> > > advertisement suggests....but a little. I learned this from Oliver Green
> > > in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and I played that way until only a few
> > > years ago when I bought my first Buffet Prestige Bass with the modified
> > > neck. If you are short, you may need a taller chair or to sit on
> > > something to raise you up, but this is the only way I know to modify the
> > > placement. I absolutely do not support the notion of changing the
> > > embouchure because of a physical problem like the angle of the neck.
> > > Other solutions?
> > >
> > > Roger Garrett
> > > IWU
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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