Klarinet Archive - Posting 000809.txt from 1998/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Gas flow rate in clarinet
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:25:33 -0500

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:10:07 -0500 (EST), gkidder@-----.net said:

> I'm sure various players vary in this, but when I attempt to sustain a
> note to the maximum, I "run out of oxygen" before I run out of gas.
> That is, I have to breath >out< to release excess "used" gas before
> taking another breath. (Interestingly, this is not the case in
> attempting to >sing< a long phrase. Clarinet seems to take very
> little air.) If this is the case, Tony's method would not work.

George,

If you want to do this yourself, then making sure that your blood is
sufficiently oxygenated before you start makes a big difference.

I once left a part offstage, and ran downstairs to fetch it and then
upstairs to the stage again, and began immediately, without thinking.

I was almost immediately in trouble.

On the other hand, if I hyperventilate, I find that I can do without
breathing in for quite some time. And it's certainly long enough for a
lungful of air at *any* dynamic.

Tony
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