Klarinet Archive - Posting 000480.txt from 2000/10

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Maybe a big faster
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:53:14 -0400

This is basically how I acquired a quick tongue, although what's
left out of the anecdote (because Ivan is doubtless already an ad-
vanced player) is the requisite level of embouchure, air, and phys-
ical relaxation development necessary both to optimize and to fully
capitalize on the reduced motion of the tongue. Nonetheless, the
core idea is a sound one (no pun intended).

-- Neil

--- avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com> wrote:

> One of my pupils, Ivan Cenenco, has a rapid staccato. When I asked him
> how he practices staccato, he told me that his teachers in Moscow -
> Mosgovenko and Sokolov ( who died just recently ) - told him to
> exercise practicing with the tongue ON THE REED practically all the
> time.
>
> As you near your tongue towards the reed while blowing, be aware of the
> vibration of the reed on your tongue. Move your tongue ever so slightly
> toward the mouthpiece; notice that the tone stops.
>
> Keep blowing and move your tongue slightly away. This time, try to keep
> your tongue on the vibrating part of the reed, the very tip.
> In other words, make the smallest movement possible with your tongue.
> You will thereby increase the speed of your staccato because the tongue
> does not travel far. Later you can tongue with more vigor, but you
> should first try to acquire a light touch by practicing in this fashion.
>
> Try this simple exercise to loosen up tongue movement. You might
> probably like the results!
>
>
> Avrahm Galper
>
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