Klarinet Archive - Posting 000454.txt from 1999/02

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Soldier's Tale for Cl, Vln and piano
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 18:59:45 -0500

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:05:22 -0600 (CST), gkidder@-----.edu said:

> In his book, Brymer suggests either a clarinet with the low Eb, or a
> "flexible embrasure" (if I remember his words correctly). Some
> flexibility!

He probably wrote 'embouchure'; but you do need something further, which
we might just as well call an 'embrasure';-)

The way to do it is this: you lightly lay the length of your tongue flat
along the surface of the reed, and then blow whilst maintaining the
contact. This 'embrasure' considerably lowers the pitch of the low E,
and a very relaxed embouchure completes the pitch change to Eb.

Practise the intonation by repeating a descending and ascending Eb major
arpeggio.

I did it once or twice in performance.

Tony
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