Klarinet Archive - Posting 000899.txt from 2000/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Correlation: Tip opening and tongue speed
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:32:11 -0400

At 01:23 PM 9/27/2000 -0700,
>> Dave Sandusky wrote,
>> > Does playing an A = 440 Hz mean that the reed is vibrating at 440 beats
>> > per second?

Yes.

>> > If so, then can one really tongue faster than that, so as
>> > to "overtake" the reed?

No more than you need to chase a wheel round and round to push a stick into
the spokes to stop it. As long as the reed stays within an area you can
reach with your toungue, you can stop it anytime.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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