Klarinet Archive - Posting 000765.txt from 1998/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tongue"voicing"
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:44:44 -0500

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 21:44:42 -0800, studiorenaud@-----.com said:

> I would be afraid to involve the throat in any of this, I want to
> keep the throat open and relaxed, and use vowel sounds to obtain
> various tongue shapes. Higher notes generally benefit from higher
> tongue position, and vise versa. Flexibility with this can help me
> play with tone color. I don't want to get stuck, learn it, play with
> it, and then let it happen naturally.

Perhaps it's just a choice of words, but I'm surprised you say that you
would be *afraid* to do *anything*.

Obviously if something doesn't work, or give the results you want, you
stop doing it.

Do you keep your throat open when you whisper?

When you've whispered, do you find that you can't go back to speaking
normally?

Doesn't music sometimes require you to whisper?

Tony
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