Klarinet Archive - Posting 001363.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset embouchure
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:04:19 -0400

At 06:51 PM 06/29/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> Just idle curiosity, but is a basset horn played with 'loose'
>embouchure similar to bass clarinet?

I don't use a loose embouchure on bass clarinet and certainly not basset
horn! Lots of upper lip support and a firm embouchure - lots of air
pressure, plenty of mouthpiece and correct use of the back of the tongue in
voicing.

RG

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
from the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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