Klarinet Archive - Posting 000920.txt from 2001/02

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] French Horn & Clarinet
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:21:55 -0500

At 11:53 AM 2/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
><<<I'm just asking because a few people have told me so. Because of the
>brass-to-wind-"it'll mess up your embochre"-thing.>>>
>
>Oh, I have to disagree with that. Of course, the time you are spending
>practicing horn won't be time that you could be practicing clarinet, but
>other than that I don't think that there will be any detriment.
>
>I play enough trumpet to be dangerous, but haven't found that it impedes
>clarinet playing in any way.

You may be one of the few Kevin!

I played trumpet for many years during my public school teach days (and was
pretty good too if I do say so myself *proudly* - played in church
often). I could never play clarinet unless several hours of rest were
between the instruments - the trumpet (and trombone too - I remember
playing trombone in the third band at U. Michigan when I went back for a
masters in Music. Ed.) really wreaked havoc with the clarinet "feel." I
could form the embouchure and all - and my theory was that it just
strengthened muscles that I normally might not use - but it also
desensitized my lips - and I use my upper lips an incredible amount when
playing clarinet.........

So - there you have it.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Services
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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