Klarinet Archive - Posting 000450.txt from 2000/11

From: Sterkel Terrance-W15462 <T.Sterkel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] oh oh: Long Tones and Embouchure
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:35:32 -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
:
: {*}
: Terry Sterkel, P.E.
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: : -----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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