Klarinet Archive - Posting 000636.txt from 2001/09

From: Alexander Brash <mactrek@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: air noise on articulating
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 06:54:33 -0400

Also,
I've gotten a sound like that before from weird things vibrating in the
room. Not sure if it could possibly be something like that. Also there may
be something up with the pads.

~Alex

> From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:35:43 -0400
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Re: air noise on articulating
>
> Peter,
>
> I'm not understanding clearly what the sound is. Is it the sound of escaping
> air (you say you found a "minor" one) or something in the tone itself? When
> does it start? With the first "attack?" How does he/she start the first note
> of a legato passage? If the first "attack" (release) doesn't produce this
> hiss, how is it different in execution from the ones that seem to cause the
> hiss?
>
> One thing that I've had come up occasionally is that a student's tongue
> actually remains in contact with the reed during the note's duration. It
> never completely leaves the reed surface, just presses harder when it's time
> to stop a note and then releases just enough to allow a sound to start for
> the next note. Although I don't remember the sound of this as a hiss, it
> might turn into one, especially if it gets mixed with saliva from the tongue
> rattling on the reed. Of course, you didn't mention mouthpiece and reeds in
> the list of things you checked, but I'm assuming they were your first line
> of investigation.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Karl Krelove
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Stoll [mailto:peterstoll2000@-----.ca]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:07 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: [kl] Re: air noise on articulating
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Just had a lesson with a new student who has a nice
>> pure sound in legato, but even very slow with the
>> famous Langenus tonguing exercise a noticeable
>> constant hiss when articulating. We looked at air
>> intensity, embouchure pressure, angle of horn, height
>> of back of tongue and I checked for a physical air
>> leak (I found a minor one on one-side of her slightly
>> off-center embouchure). Any ideas/am I missing
>> something obvious? Thanks!
>>
>> =====
>> Peter Stoll
>>
>> University of Toronto
>> Toronto Philharmonia
>> Continuum Contemporary Music
>> ERGO ensemble
>>
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