Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2000/02

From: "Pegrem, David" <David.Pegrem@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] spitty tone
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:40:59 -0500

I had the same problem early on.
I found there were two reasons.

1)Breathing - ie not enough. The act of breathing , sucking in helps to dry
up the excess saliva. This came naturally when I could play long passages.

2)Poor tonguing technique. My tongue lingered too long on the reed and
therefore provided a ready made bridge for the saliva to stay there. If you
thing about if you want to throw a spit, a fair distance, you use your
tongue.

There also must be something wrong with the air channel I create because the
Bb key still tends to collect moisture at an alarming rate..

Cheers
David Pegrem
Sydney
-----Original Message-----
From: David Renaud [mailto:studiorenaud@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] spitty tone

I had this problem first year of university.
I was aware of and frustrated with it.
My teacher said that by swallowing frequently by body would
eventually get the message to stop producing so much saliva
when playing clarinet. Why it worked for me, I have no idea.
But it worked within a few days. I've never had the problem since.

Dave Renaud

Hojnacki wrote:

> How do I explain to a student to "not play with a spitty tone" besides
> verbally stating it? He blows a lot of saliva into his clarinet.
>
> Lynn
>
>

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