Klarinet Archive - Posting 000961.txt from 1999/10

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: playing the Clarinet from behind the student
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:22:09 -0400

Mark wrote:
>I knew of a teacher who would stand behind the student and hold
the >clarinet for him/her while the student had the clarinet in their
mouth. >The student would close their eyes in order not to see the note
the >teaching was fingering. The teacher would say blow and almost
always >the student would either honk or squeak supposedly proving that
every >note required subtle changes of oral cavity, lip pressure
and >embouchure. I'm not sure how scientific this is but it did show
that >there are subtle changes in the mouth and embouchure with notes that
are >even very close to one another. > >
Mark

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Yes, but how many MALE students did the teacher try that on? ;)
You don't have to do it from behind, just turn the mouthpiece around. I use
that technique to show my younger students how higher notes feel when the
fingers are covering properly. They don't squeak, and find it to be very easy.

David Blumberg
music@-----.com
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