Klarinet Archive - Posting 000332.txt from 1999/09

From: CmdrHerel@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Stupid Clarinet Tricks #1 (was: Re: More Stuffiness)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:55:45 -0400

In a message dated 9/13/99 6:20:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kb5njd@-----.com
writes:

<< One way that i have done in the past is to take the lower joint and bell
and press the bell into my leg or thigh. Blowing through the top end and
fingering with the right hand allows the left hand to search for leaks.. >>

Okay, okay, okay, I can't resist!

Stupid Clarinet Trick # 1

1. Cover all the holes and keys for a middle-staff B. (Everything closed
but the register key.)

2. Take your right ankle and put it on your left knee.

3. Stick the bell of the clarinet onto the fat part of your right calf.
Wiggle around a bit until the bell is completely sealed and you can still get
your mouth onto the mouthpiece... (might have to lean back a little if
you're short like me.)

4. Blow.

5. Screw around with the blowing pressure and your tongue position and
you'll find that you can get a whole overtone series of notes.... (At least
the first five.) Your fingers always stay on that B fingering.

6. Impress your friends with the multitude of songs you can play with this
raunchy disgusting tone! (Taps, any bugle call.) May not want to show your
students, though...

Teri Herel

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