Klarinet Archive - Posting 001118.txt from 1998/05

From: Matt Palasik <mattp169@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] More Embouchure Help
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:54:23 -0400

Christian Budde wrote:
>
> Hello Matt,
>
> no Guru, but perhaps some wise words :) :
>
> It seems that you started to use the wrong muscles or too much pressure so
> you become tired soon. Perhaps it is only a slight illness that you may
> not even have noticed which makes you feel tired soon or affects your
> concentration?
>
> Be patient.
>
> Whenever I have problems with my embouchoure (and I had a lot in the past
> because I changed to a mouthpiece I could not adapt myself to, now I am
> back to the one I played on for almost 15 years), I know it is time to put
> down this nice concertos and practice scales and etudes in the lower
> register - and I think someone here has mentioned it before - long tones.
> while doing that, I concentrate on what I am doing with my lips and how
> the tone is affected.
>
> Maybe (it helps me sometimes) you stop playing a day or two, so your lips
> can `forget' their positions.
>
> It is like driving a car. If one gets routine one gets better, more
> routine even more, only routine and you will shift into the wrong gear.

Thanks fo ryou advice maybe im just having a rough couple of weeks and
thats all at least i hope tha is all

Matt C palasik

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