Klarinet Archive - Posting 000387.txt from 2001/05

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Professor Wheeler's tongue
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 06:47:14 -0400

On Mon, 14 May 2001 19:36:52 -0500, rgarrett@-----.edu said:

> At 11:45 PM 05/14/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>
> > The only further thing that occurs to me is that we might try
> > relating all this to the experience of *whistling*. If I whistle,
> > then my tongue placement absolutely determines the pitch, but I have
> > almost no notion of exactly how.
>
> This is the analogy I use with my students.

Very interesting....

> > Have you, or anyone else, tried that with a beginning student in
> > difficulty?
>
> All the time - and it works. Even if they don't get it - they are
> interested and want to go home and experiment........bingo!
>
> I have taught beginners for nearly 20 years - and the approach works.
> As an aside - it is a proven theory in brass pedagogy and was very
> helpful in developing my beginning brass players.

Well, I didn't know that. Thanks, Roger.

Is it generally known about in the brass-playing community?

Though I've obviously never tried it, I have a vague idea of how I'd
approach using it in practice. But perhaps you'd like to tell us how
you personally go about that?

It would also be interesting to verify the guess that lay behind my
suggestion -- namely, that Wheeler's 'change of register' tongue
movements are the same when he whistles.

Tony
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