Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 2000/08

From: CmdrHerel@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Sucking my finger
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:49:03 -0400

In a message dated 8/7/00 1:31:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tony_pay@-----.com writes:

<< I could see a psychiatrist, even; but I think that the best thing is to
ask
the experts on this list what I should do. I'm sure that someone here can
tell me what's *really* going on with my sucking. >>

This is a fascinating topic, and one that I have never approached in my
study, so I look forward to learning more on both the psychology and physics
of sucking. Some things that pop to mind are:

1. Does the act of sucking help build up the same muscles that we use to
blow, or rather does it relax them and can thus be used as a "warm down"
technique, or as a quick exercise to extend performance time? I would
appreciate copies of anyone's daily practice regimen that include specific
time intervals of practice and sucking breaks. (Thirty seconds of sucking
every fifteen minutes of playing?).

2. How precisely does finger sucking differ from reed sucking, i.e., would
multitasking work so that if I sucked my reed I could gain the same benefits
as though I had sucked my finger? Or is this simply wishful thinking?

3. Okay, I feel dumb asking this, but I'm going to anyway... Can you
describe how involved the tongue should be in this process? That is, should
it be used at all, and if so, how much?

3. Is this a topic included in music physical therapy, and if so, could you
recommend any specialists who could help if I try this technique and
inadvertantly injure myself?

Thank you in advance.
Teri Herel

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