Klarinet Archive - Posting 000453.txt from 1999/11

From: bob shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: beginners' intonation/voicing
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 04:05:05 -0500

I have a very active clarinet studio, teach part time at the University of
Arkansas and teach part time (120 clarinet beginners in huge classes!!!). I had
not heard the term inner smile before, but I teach tongue position and voicing
from the very beginning. I believe that it is all part of the embouchure and a
very integral part of learning how to tongue properly.

Deborah

EbKlarinet@-----.com wrote:

> Hi all!!
>
> Georgette C. said:
> >>>>>>>>>>this girl will be grossly out of tune. Her playing is a half step
> pitch under. I have tried having her adjust her embouchure, experimented by
> changing
> barrels, even had her play on my clarinet. We still arrived at the same
> result. Next week we will experiment with a harder reed and different
> mouthpiece. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Lots of people responded with suggestions about equipment, embouchure, and
> etc, and only one person (David Blumberg) mentioned voicing (he didn't use
> that term--he mentioned using the inner smile and faster air.)
>
> So here's my question: are David and I the only people on the list who teach
> voicing as a fundamental part of clarinet tone production? By voicing, I
> refer to the shaping of the air column by the position of the tongue---high
> back tongue(inner smile) which speeds up the air and focuses it.
>
> When I saw Georgette's post, I immediately thought 'voicing'. I use voicing
> first with my beginners, using the tuner as David suggested, for visual
> feedback--an indicator of whether or not the tongue is high enough/air is
> fast enough. I only address embouchure after they have a good grasp of
> voicing, and I find that this works better than trying to have them do
> embouchure first.
>
> I often get students from other teachers who were not able to help them, and
> in almost every case, I find that they have no concept of voicing. This one
> element is what turns these kids around. I learned this from Tom Ridenour,
> btw. He has articles at his website on the subject, at <A
> HREF@-----.
>
> I would be very interested to get a survey of members of this list who do a
> substantial amount of teaching. Here's the form ( put an 'X' next to those
> which apply):
> ____teach embouchure
>
> ____teach voicing
>
> ____teach both
>
> ____other(you may elaborate, if you like)
>
> These questions refer to the tone production part of playing/teaching. You
> can send your responses to me or the list.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you all!
>
> Elise Curran
> ENTJ
>
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