Klarinet Archive - Posting 000861.txt from 2000/02

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Newbie Question on Intonation
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:13:43 -0500

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Leighton Bingham wrote:

> Dear Walter, What (other than playing), if anything, is good for
> building up this endurance? I find that my lower teeth get involved as I
> fatigue.

I ain't Walt, but hey...I'm gonna answer anyways.

The number one way? LONG TONES! The way to go, period.

There are other ways, yes, but none with so many benefits as long tones.
(The others include playing double lip for week or so, the reverting to
single lip, or playing on a reed a strength too hard for a week. Of these
two...I'd go with the double lip one...)

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"

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