Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 1999/10

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] should the embouchure move?
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:44:50 -0400

In a message dated 10/27/99 8:49:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
daniel.paprocki@-----.edu writes:

<< Should the embouchure move with playing in different registers? I've heard
arguments on both sides. If so, why? or if not, why not? >>

Good question. I've been having problems with tonguing speed and coordination
with fingers in fast tongued 16 note passages, especially over registers. I
noticed that if I conentrate on allowing NO embouchure change, the speed and
coordination is much better. It seems as if a embouchure change, however
slight, causes the reed to "hesitate".

I guess I'll vote no movement, with the caveat that a shift might be
necessary when slurring up from the third register to the fourth, such as an
"E" above the staff to a double high "A".

This should be an interesting discussion. Thanks, Dan!

Walter Grabner
who is...........making reeds today
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