Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 2001/06

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Professor Wheeler's fluttertongue
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 16:09:53 -0400

On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:09:35 +0200, notestaff@-----.de said:

> Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > Is there anyone here who finds no problem with playing fluttertongue in
> > the high register?

> Tony,
>
> Which kind of flutter tongue do you mean?
>
> I can do the kind with the back of the tongue (gargle style) up into
> the altissimo but the kind with rolled "r" works only up to around A
> or B above the staff - unless I sound the note first and then start
> the flutter. Does that correspond with your experience?

Well, in my case, I find both difficult, and 'real' flutter difficult to
the extent that I've developed the other, French 'r' so that it's
'better' than it usually is.

When you say, up into the altissimo, how high is that?

Would you say that your 'mouth-space' is large (say, broad face and wide
space between cheeks)?

How about tongue length? Halfway down your chin, or more?

Tony
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