Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 1998/08

From: hutchill@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Bettoney-Baermann
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:02:00 -0400

Now who had heard of that before? It certainly works for me.. though I don't
know that I would use it much in practice. A prime reason why it is
occasionally good to go back to the writings of the masters.

>The Bettoney-Baermann
>
>Here is a quote from this book: "The advanced may consider this
>suggestion which always applies in the case of the higher tones, from
>high F upward.
>Gently turn the mouthpiece from Left to Right, the higher the less
>gently, this makes the tones more certain. Beautiful, powerful and
>sonorous and may be compared to harmonics. This acoustic effect cannot
>be accounted for. When the mouthpiece is turned the opposite way, from
>Right to Left, the contrary happens i.e., the higher tones do not come
>at all"
>
>--
>Avrahm Galper
>The new throat note Bb vent and key
>THE UPBEAT BAERMANN MELODIC SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
>http://www.sneezy.org/avrahm_galper/index.html
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Craig Hill

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Caulfield Sth
Victoria 3162
Australia
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