Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2000/11

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Long Tones and Embouchure
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:14:25 -0500

At 10:00 AM 11/3/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>You can
>tell if they are strengthening your embochure, (assuming that you are
>not "biting" and that you are supporting your supply of air with your
>diaphram -- is that how you spell it?) -- by experiencing a tingling
>sensation in your embochure muscles, in the areas around the cheek,
>sometimes further up.
> I guess what I'm saying is that you can feel your embochure working
>when you practice, and long tones make all the difference in the world
>in your tone and endurance.

I completely forgot to mention that sensation, and you are wise to point it
out Anne. Many students report sensation in the chin, but not upper lip
and muscles around the sides and base of the nose. That means muscles that
should be working are not working. The "tingling" sensation is similar to
cutting off the blood supply to a hand by grabbing the wrist and then,
after a few minutes, allowing the blood back in. Kind of a warm, tingling
feeling as the blood returns.

Your post was much eloquent Anne!

Sincerely,
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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