Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 1999/09

From: act_dumb@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Stupid Clarinet Tricks #1 (was: Re: More Stuffiness)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:43:24 -0400

I don't consider this clarinet "trick" stupid at all. It's actually
a simple way to noodle with the effects of embouchure and air pres-
sure on the overtone series, as produced by the clarinet. We do,
after all, require good subtle facility with manipulating that aspect
of technique in order to make seamless connections between the clarion
and altissimo register. If nothing else, it's an easy way to show a
student that the overtone series does indeed exist, as evidenced
by the stationary fingers while you leap from one overtone to the
next.

-- Neil

Teri Herel wrote:

> 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.

<snip the rest of the instructions>

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