Klarinet Archive - Posting 000516.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:00:05 -0400

At 09:44 AM 10/10/2000 EDT, you wrote:
><< our orchestra is not as large as Chicago - and the brass section does not
>seem quite as prominent in ours as in Chicago. Therefore, no endurance
problems
> for the clarinets that I can recall. >>
>
>This has nothing to do with it as far as I know.

Are you suggesting then that sustained volume and projection of tone are
not related to endurance in playing?

> <<perhaps they have a different approach to playing that allows them to
play
>the first half page of Brahms 1st - perhaps even the entire piece. >>
>
>Yes, and this approach is what my question was addressing.

Are you suggesting that players who do use mouthpieces that are "open"
(1.19+ tip), and have asymetrical facings have endurance problems because
of the mouthpiece, their approach to playing or both? Or, is this a
phenomena related to your own playing?

>Specifically from before:
>Perhaps it is true that one can probably accommodate playing allot of
>different things in different ways. I suppose my general question is,
>rhetorically speaking, where does one draw the line in ones own best
interest
>about how far they - in practical terms - need to go?

That's a great question! I would respond that we draw the line in
different places for different people with different needs, physical
attributes, and abilities. The mouthpiece is, as Walter suggested, the
tool rather than the means. If the tool supports other educationally sound
approaches, there is greater room and space around which to draw such a line.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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