Klarinet Archive - Posting 000969.txt from 1999/10

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: change of embouchure
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:22:17 -0400

My edition of this concerto (Sikorski h.s.549) has the notes in question
marked staccato.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 01:53 AM 10/30/99 +0200, you wrote:
>At Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:50:15, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote
>>Should the embouchure move with playing in different registers? I've heard
>>arguments on both sides. If so, why? or if not, why not?
>
>I am well aware that my reaction is late, and maybe some others already
>reacted in a similar vain, but due to a short vacation of my wife, I only
>have been reading my mail so far till thursday.
>
>So here's my 0.02$ worth of opinion.
>
>When I have pupils on clarinet or saxophone, of which I think they are
>"chewing" or biting notes, I always make the next exercise:
>
>I let the pupil put the mouthpiece into the mouth in what he or she
>considers to be a comfortable position, and let him/her blow, initially open
>g (g1). I stand behind him or her, and it's me, who "plays" the notes. As
>the pupil doesn't know what note I will play next, he or she is never able
>to adjust the embouchure, and thus will obtain a clear insight into the
>unnecessary biting. Sometimes it proves necessary to repeat the exercise
>several times, but usually one trial is enough.
>
>A problem I never was able to solve, not with, nor without good teachers,
>is, how to make large downward intervals legato. You will find my
>problematic intervals for instance in the Crusell #2, opus 5 concerto in
>bars 214 and 215, 8 and 7 bars before letter K. BTW I think these notes
>should not be played legato, Emma Johnson plays these notes more or less
>staccato, and I think that's the right way, considering rest of the work,
>but that still doesn't resolve my problem, of course.
>
>Maybe you professionals out there know better, as to biting and embouchure
>problems. I'd be delighted to hear from you, as I'm only an amateur well
>aware of his shortcomings. TIA.
>
>Rien.
>
>
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