Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 2001/05

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Professor Wheeler's tongue
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 22:51:51 -0400

At 10:34 PM 05/13/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Wheeler claims that even expert players don't know what their tongue is
>doing unless they use similar technology to the technology he used.
>That's what I meant by saying "we don't *know* whether what he says is
>correct or not."

No.

We do know because Wheeler confirmed what we already knew. And our results
prove his conclusions.

>The 'we' applies to all of us.

Yes - it does.

>So, if you accept what he says, then tongue position *can't* be taught
>directly, because even if you say the right thing, students don't know
>whether or not they're following your instructions.

That is correct. You have guessed correctly what I agreed with.

> think it's interesting information that what some teachers have always
> told their students may be contrary to the facts.

Yes, it is very interesting.

>The question is, is Wheeler right?

Probably.

>It all depends on whether you believe his experimental results. It
>*doesn't* depend on your own experience.

Unless it does.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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