Klarinet Archive - Posting 001165.txt from 1998/12

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sharpness after inhaling
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:50:44 -0500

John,
This problem comes up almost always with flute players who haven't yet
learned how to handle it. I think that, when you fill up with air, you
automatically have an irrisistable urge to expel that air. Consequently,
you use much of it, (especially on flute because of the lack of resistance),
right at the beginning of the tone. The pitch then levels out. The next
thing that usually happens, (again, especially with flute players), is that,
as they begin to run out of air they tone begins to go flat. The solution,
(and some others may know a better one), that I've tried with them is to
have them try to conserve air at the beginning of the tone, (right after
they've taken a fresh breath, that is), and push harder as they start to
notice the tone begin to sag.
Hope that helps,
Carl Schexnayder

John Wrote:

>Very interesting. I've always noticed that a long tone, near the end of
the
>note tends to have fuller and darker quality.
>
> I've also noticed that when I tongue a note it will tend to be sharper in
>pitch at the very beginning, especially in the clarion register. It drops
>to the correct pitch in about a tenth of a second. If I'm very careful
this
>won't happen. Do you think this has anything to do with the air
>composition? I always thought it had to do with the shape of the mouth.
>
>Best, John Gates

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