Klarinet Archive - Posting 000974.txt from 1999/10

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Blowing with no fingers
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:44:30 -0400

Georgette wrote:
I also turn the mouthpiece around and finger the notes and have the student
blow. I usually do this for the low notes to prove that their fingers just
weren't covering and for the notes with the register key. First I finger
the low note and add the register key when they least expect it to prove
that they don't need to "over do it" to reach the higher notes.
Georgette

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My younger students almost never have a hard time with the low notes, as I
use Galper's Clarinet method which is very, very low note intensive (he
believes that you must have a good foundation in the low notes to achieve a
good tone throughout the Clarinet).
BTW, pretty strange feeling when the Clarinet is turned around, and the
student is only blowing, but not fingering - they can feel the vibrations
of the reed much more clearly on their lip.

David Blumberg
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