Klarinet Archive - Posting 001223.txt from 2000/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] embochure problems with a young student
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:30:06 -0400

Annie, I may not be alone in not understanding what you mean by a
"doubled-up chin." Also I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say
she "doesn't seem to have the ability to play and point her chin at the same
time." Your second paragraph seems to suggest that she did what you were
after successfully, but not when she was actually producing a tone.

One suggestion is that a child at that age probably isn't going to unlearn
any habit in a week. I wouldn't dwell too heavily on this or any other habit
she's built up over the last two years. Attempt any correction persistently
but gently (with as much humor as possible) over as long a time as it takes
(maybe months or longer) and be sure to keep the lessons positive, even as
you work on needed changes.

If you describe the problem more explicitly, I might have more to suggest.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Lenoir [mailto:AnneLenoir@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 4:46 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] embochure problems with a young student
>
>
> I have a 12 year-old student who just started studying privately with me
> last week, who has been playing in the school band program for 2 years.
> Unfortunately, she has a doubled-up chin and doesn't seem to have the
> ability to play and point her chin at the same time. I have seen several
> clarinetists who could not point their chin, including Stanley Drucker.
> (I never have liked his tone).
> Any suggestions? I gave her "permission" to carry a mirror around
> and look at her embochure in the mirror. I was able to get her to curl
> her lower lip over her teeth correctly, with a pointed chin. ANNIE
>
>
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