Klarinet Archive - Posting 001098.txt from 1998/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] How can you move your throat and not the jaw!
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:16:56 -0400

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Erica Dyson wrote:

> I really am fascinated by this and I am sure my poor tonguing is holding me
> back.
> Can you explain a bit more please - how can you open the throat without
> moving the jaw - and I thought that was absolutely taboo!
> It can't be that difficult - but I am finding the correct position is
> eluding me - I seem to start off OK but by the end of a page of music, I
> have "slipped" and find myself gripping the reed and reducing the air flow -
> why is this damned instrument so tricky for me - after a year of playing I
> know I should be better (a poor grade 5 I would guess)..

Clench your teeth and and say an exaggerated "Yaw".....notice what happens
to the tongue? Did your jaw open?

Roger Garrett
IWU

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