Klarinet Archive - Posting 000523.txt from 2000/09

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginners Emboucher
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:13:18 -0400

<><> Dan=A0the=A0Rubber=A0Band=A0Man wrote:

they can't form [an embouchure] without laughing and then they smile and
it's gone.

Rubber Band Man, this may be stretching a point <heh! heh!>, but it
sounds to me as if you're trying to demonstrate proper embouchure
without a mouthpiece actually being in the mouth. Yes, I can imagine
that this would crack up most students -- including myself, frankly.
If I'm reading you correctly, this seems like the wrong way to go
because your students won't be focused on the sensory feedback of a
mouthpiece+reed actually being in the mouth.
On the other hand, if students laugh simply because they put a mpc
in their mouth, then I think it's time to tell them (in sympathetic
manner) to shape up or ship out -- because they're stretching your
patience to the snapping point.

Cheers,
Bill

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