Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 1999/02

From: "Pegrem, David" <David.Pegrem@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] Shaking Sound
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:28:42 -0500

I'm also placing my tongue high and back, which I read in Tom Ridenour's
The Role of the Embouchure in Characteristic Clarinet Tone Production.

cheers
David Pegrem

-----Original Message-----
From: DHmorgan@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] Shaking Sound

In a message dated 2/10/99 2:34:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
David.Pegrem@-----.au writes:

<< I'm a beginner, but I've read up on breathing from the diaphragm,
which
I think I'm doing.

But when the sound comes out I can't sustain a note without a shaking
sound. I'm told this is a sign of tension. Is this correct?

I've tried relaxing but I'm still not making any progress. At the same
time I have had a bit of a bad back. Is there any relationship here?

What's your diagnosis?

cheers
David Pegrem
>>

I'm not a beginner, but I've been trying to keep my tongue higher to
blow a
'cool column of air' at the reed. I often get a rattling, or breaking
up type
sound which may be similar to what you are experiencing--I never had
this
problem when I kept my tongue lower. So, to add to David's question,
might
this have to do with too much pressure for the reed strength?

Don

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