Klarinet Archive - Posting 001380.txt from 2000/04

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Non-standard fingerings, trills, voicing
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:49:27 -0400

Tony Pay wrote:

> In the 'different fingerings' case that I was talking about, perhaps
> also while practising them we learn more efficiently the subtle
> movements of the tongue that are so important in passagework -- what I
> called 'voicing' before, Audrey. Non-standard fingerings sometimes
> require more precision in this than standard ones, so when we play at
> speed with the standard fingering a 'difficult' note may be helped to
> resonate better by the more accurate tongue placement we learned in the
> 'non-standard' practice.

Tony, thank you for adding this bit about "voicing'. I understand this to
mean that we move the tongue so that the shape of the resonating chamber (the
oral cavity) changes and the note speaks more clearly or beautifully. And my
question about opening and closing the throat - I now realize that the throat
opens or closes to a greater or lesser degree in order to accomplish the
tongue movement.

Are there notes (on modern Bb clarinets) which everyone knows are quite
difficult and must be voiced differently than others? I know that Bb (3rd
line) for example, is a very stuffy note. Suggestions? Are there others
like this?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers!

Audrey

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