Klarinet Archive - Posting 000857.txt from 1999/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] RC Prestige
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:18:39 -0500

On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Audrey Travis wrote:

> Does the oral cavity's shape and size have anything to do with tone
> quality - in other words, a factor we cannot control?

The shape and size of the oral cavity has nearly *everything* to do with
tone quality, but to a degree we can control it. Try it - close your lips
and try to make more distance between the upper and lower teeth. You just
changed the size and shape of the oral cavity.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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