Klarinet Archive - Posting 000511.txt from 1998/01

From: Labadorf <Labadorf@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: tuning and articulation
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:09:18 -0500

In a message dated 1/9/98 11:18:00 AM, you wrote:

<< I guess to be fair
you should exhale through the instrument, to make sure the air in the tube
(where it counts) is all exhaled air. I would be interested to learn if
there is any difference found under these conditions. (To do this properly,
you should not inform the person reading the tuner of what procedure you
used until after the data has been recorded.)>>

This is something Stanley Hasty addressed in one of my lessons with him in
1976. Although he did not offer an explanation of the cause of the higher
initial pitch, his solution was to blow air through the clarinet for a short
time before tonguing to start the note. In this way, you avoid a higher pitch
at the biginning of the note.

Tom L.