Klarinet Archive - Posting 001046.txt from 1998/09

From: NGSH50E@-----.com ( CHUCK WEST)
Subj: RE: [kl] Position of tongue
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 14:33:20 -0400

Dr. Spring is correct--Ray Wheeler did some writing about his
cineflurographic studies of tongue position. It was a hot topic in
the 70's, one might also check Roland Anfinson's dissertation, "A
Cineflurographic Study of Supralarangyl Adjustments in Selected
Clarinet Playing Techniques" (or some title very close to that) from
the Univerisity of Iowa around the mid or late 1960's, and Andrew
Brown's similar study on oboe and flute vibrato, also Iowa in the
early or mid 1970's. They're available from University Microfilms.
Incidentally, Faye Hanson did some similar studies on trumpet during
that era. Don't quote me on this, but I recall that Hanson and
Wheeler had serious health repercussions from the x-ray exposure.
Thus, it seems that these studies have gone the way of the shoe-store
fluroscope and the dime picture show.
Chuck West

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Subject: RE: [kl] Position of tongue

It was Ray Wheeler. He taught at U of Central Washington, I believe.
The
results were published in the NACWPI journal. It was very
controversal at
the time..... probably still is from what I read.

>> From: Shouryu Nohe [mailto:jnohe@-----.edu]
>> Well, tongue position stays relatively the same - from what I can
tell,
>> you don't actually move the tongue, but rather, open the back of
the
>> throat more (but it feels like you're moving your tongue in the
back).
>
>There is big controversy regarding tongue position.........but
studies
>that involve xrays of clarinetists as they play show that the tongue
does
>in fact move. (I've seen the xrays, but can't quote the
>study......someone else who knows may be able to provide the info?).

>
>The throat does not open and close. The muscle in the throat (the
tongue)
>does - that is - changes position to allow the throat to be more
open or
>closed. Michele Gingras wrote a terrific article in the early '90s
>regarding tongue position and the use of syllables for establishing
tongue
>position. Beyond that, a concentrated study of the
overtones/harmonics
>and how how tongue positon works to allow those notes to sound on a
given
>fundamental pitch is a common study model for both clarinet and
saxophone.
>
>Roger Garrett
>IWU
>
>
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