Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 2000/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Article: Breathing and Support
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 06:00:24 -0500

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 06:45:46 GMT, I said:

> You could actually think of the clarinet as a biofeedback system which,
> when properly calibrated, outputs a musical tone the loudness of which
> is a direct function of the degree of flexion of the player's diaphragm!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It's an *inverse function* of the degree of flexion of the player's
diaphragm, of course -- the more diaphragm flexion, the quieter the
tone, for given abdominal flexion.

The article "All that stuff about the diaphragm" is actually much
too prolix, trying to deal with the subject of playing metaphors at the
same time as the subject of support, and I think I'll chop it up in the
near future.

Tony
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