Klarinet Archive - Posting 001109.txt from 1998/05

From: SAXY R13 <SAXYR13@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: don't get sick from playing students equipment
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 19:36:57 -0400

In a message dated 98-05-18 23:25:36 EDT, you write:

<<
P: I turn the mouthpiece around and have the student blow while I do the
fingering...Seems to work.

Paulette Gulakowski
pollyg@-----.com
>>

This method is very good, especially if it is a beginner complaing of "notes
not coming out." Yesterday I was teaching a lesson to a semi-beginner
clarinet player. She was complaining of her C# not coming out, so instead of
putting my mouthpiece on her clarinet, I turned the clarinet around and told
her to blow in it. As it turns out, the clarinet played fine when I fingered
the note, so obviously her fingers did not cover the holes entirely. This
happens often to many beginning clarinetists, and the turn-the-instrument-
around method works very well in testing instruments.

Robyn

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