Klarinet Archive - Posting 000326.txt from 1999/09

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] More Stuffiness
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:23:42 -0400

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:17:58 EDT, PSHIROM@-----.com wrote:
>You could also take the lower joint off, place the bottom end on the palm of
>your hand and blow through the top, while fingering a low E. Same concept,
>just less room for error. If you hear air escaping, move your free hand
>around the clarinet until you feel where the are is coming out.

I ran into anatomical trouble with this. When I have the palm of one hand
against the bottom of the lower joint, and the other hand fingering a low E, I
have as yet been unable to locate a "free hand" to feel for air.

But I'll keep looking...

:)

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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