Klarinet Archive - Posting 000342.txt from 2000/11

From: Sterkel Terrance-W15462 <T.Sterkel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] oh oh: [kl] Long Tones and Embouchure
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:17:20 -0500

First, I wish to thank all of you for your help. I have a long way
to go.
Second, did I catch that the air is supposed to be going through the
mouthpiece "all the time?" That is, the tongue does not cut air flow,
just reed vibration???

could you be kind enough to clarify?
thanks!
terry

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Terry Sterkel, P.E.
Motorola Personal Communications Sector
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+1 732 878 8662, fax +1 732 878 8001

: -----Original Message-----
: From: Bilwright@-----.net]
: Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:14 PM
: To: klarinet@-----.org
: Subject: Re: [kl] Long Tones and Embouchure
:
:
: <><><> Terry Sterkel wrote:
: how do long tones "strengthen the embouchure", please be
: specific, as I
: must be doing something very wrong.
:
: <><> Roger Garrett wrote:
: I define long tones as a note beginning at the softest possible volume
: [snip] all shades of gray (tone) accounted for without blemish.
:
:
:
: Another aspect --- pardon me for repeating, but my teacher worked
: with me some more on this today --- is that you can't begin at the
: softest possible volume if you're using your embouchure to support the
: instrument.
: You need to keep your embouchure 'free' and 'unencumbered' to do
: other things. Therefore long tones are to some extent an exercise of
: your right thumb and/or your use of knees or strap -- rather
: than being
: purely an embouchure and breath support exercise.
:
: Choose a note just above the break, and see how soft you can play
: it without the sub-tone overpowering the note that you're trying to
: play. Transfer as much of the instrument's weight as possible off of
: your embouchure and you should notice an improvement in your
: ability to
: avoid the sub-tone -- simply because your embouchure is free to adjust
: and to cooperate with your breath support.
: When I try to play long tones as high as G-above-the-staff or
: A-above-the-staff, the note I want to play disappears at both
: ends (the
: soft ends) of the long tone, and only the sub-tone remains. This is
: part of what long tone exercises are about.
:
:
: Cheers,
: Bill
:
:
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