Klarinet Archive - Posting 000922.txt from 2000/10

From: Miss Goffic Manners <herb_nowell@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:tuner suggestions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:18:26 -0400

--- Stefano Franchi <s.franchi@-----.nz> wrote:
> Many thanks to all for the helpful suggestions on the tuner.
>
> Patricia Smith recommended working on breathing technique--point well
> taken! My
> biggest surprise when picking up the horn again: my fingering was
> more or less
> still there, embouchure a bit less but not totally absent, but
> breathing...no
> muscle memory at all! It is really a mystery to me why my fingers can
> remember so easily while my diaphragm (and associated muscles) is
> totally
> oblivious.
>

Hmmm, I just picked mine up for the first time in 15 years and got a
similar response...at least I know I am not alone...

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