Klarinet Archive - Posting 000841.txt from 2001/05

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Playing crisis
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:42:26 -0400

At 08:16 AM 05/29/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> <><> Kathleen Williams wrote:
>I've come up with a number of problems in my stay over England that my
>teacher hasn't really been able to help me with. The principal one is
>that of support, which seems to be pretty crucial as it affects tone
>quality and sound in the staccato.

Bill responded:
> I suspect that many of the comments you'll receive here will relate
>to: "Do you practice slurred long tones regularly?"

If you want more information regarding long tones and air speed - both
issues that you may want to address to solve "support" problems (whatever
those may be), I have an article up at the OCR that deals with both:

http://www.ocr.sneezy.org/articles/garrett3.htm

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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