Klarinet Archive - Posting 001030.txt from 1998/09

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Hard Interval
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 03:57:45 -0400

>On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Karen Horvath wrote:
>> Hello! I'm a freshman at college and I'm currently workin out of book one
>> of the Kroepsch Studies. There's quite a few difficult intervals in some
>> of them but the one I'm having the most trouble with is from open G to
>> high C. I just can't seem to get it smooth. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions? Please help! Thanks.
>
on 9/25/98 6:15 PM, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

>Well, this may sound elementary, but again - embouchure embouchure
>embouchure!

(SNIP)
>Other possible culprit if you're sure your emb. is sweet? Fingers.

I haven't heard the most important part yet from anyone. What about air?
Without air, great fingers and a firm embouchure are useless! Make sure
you have a solid, steady air column, which for these two notes (I'm
assuming we're talking about C on the 2nd leger line above the treble
staff) can be something of a trial!

Try the following:

play a long open G and stop.
play a long C3 and stop
repeat this procedure a few times (mf-f dynamic)

*then* try the slur, and see what happens.

good luck!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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