Klarinet Archive - Posting 001195.txt from 1998/12

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] re:Intonation training
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:38:18 -0500

Cindy,
That rolling rolling technique of your's is really wierd! I've never heard
of it before. Wouldn't it be easier to just loosen your whole
embouchure... you know ...on both sides of the reed?
Ed Maurey
> From: CEField@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: Re: [kl] re:Intonation training
> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 12:18 PM
>
> When I need to play flat to be in tune, I ease off on the right side of
the
> reed but without increasing pressure on the left side. Depending on how
flat I
> need to be, you might even notice that I have twisted the whole
instrument
> very slightly to stay in tune. My flutist friend tells me that I am doing
the
> equivalent of "rolling" the flute to adjust intonation. I'm not sure if
that's
> an accurate analogy but it does seem to work for me.
>
> Cindy
>
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