Klarinet Archive - Posting 000822.txt from 2000/09

From: Dan Sutherland <dsuther@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Correlation - tip opening and tonguing speed???
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:40:55 -0400

Pronounce...

"nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
nuh" etc. as fast as you can. That is precisely how fast you are capable
of tonguing, regardless of what is stuck to the top of your clarinet. If
you wish to increase your tonguing velocity get faster at pronouncing nuh
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh .....

At 04:03 AM 25/09/00 +0000, you wrote:
>As a result of working extensively with mouthpieces for the past two
years, I
>have found that for my personal playing I prefer a much closer tip opening
>that that wich I used for years.
>
>Ever since graduate school, I have been playing on mouthpieces with a tip
>opening ca. 1.11 - 1.13 mm.
>
>On the mouthpieces I use now, I find I am much more comfortable with a much
>closer tip, anywhere from 1.00 to 1.04.
>
>Also, I have enjoyed a much welcome improvement in speed, accuracy, and
>endurance in my tonguing speed. I HAVE been playing a lot....but I played a
>lot in the past.
>
>Can I then assume, that the closer tip opening has facilitated my tonguing
>speed?
>
>I would invite opinions or anecdotal evidence eith confirming or disputing
>this theory.
>
>Regards,
>Walter
>
>P,S. Very slight commercial message - The mouthpiece workshop is reopened
>after the summer hiatus. www.clarinetxpress.com
>
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