Klarinet Archive - Posting 000949.txt from 2001/10

From: lubydjackson@-----. Jackson)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Band vs orch eefer range
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:07:07 -0500

Because you are so good on eefer, do you also teach your students on eefer?
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From: <EClarinet@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Re: Band vs orch eefer range

> Keith said:
>
> << A way of thinking it is to think of singing the note (yes I know we
can't
> sing that high but the effect is the same). >>
>
> Well, MOST of us can't sing that high. I can! I am a coloratura soprano
> with a freak high range, and can sing up to the high D above double high
C.
> That means that I CAN sing the clarinet's double high C (a double Bb for
my
> voice)---I have done this in performances several times, in the Lucia mad
> scene.
>
> I actually do sing the 'eeek' notes for my students, so they can hear how
> 'small' the note is, and then I sing the same note down an octave, and of
> course, it has much more volume. Then I have them attempt to 'eeek' out a
> note as high and as small as they can with their voices, and them ask them
to
> have the same feeling and do the same thing with the clarinet.
>
> I do this because middle school students (and some high schoolers) often
try
> to SLAM the high notes, or force them. They blow as hard as they can, and
of
> course, the air column is too wide and too slow, and they don't get the
note.
> So once they understand the idea of the 'smaller' air column which is
> faster, then I just remind them of this by saying "not force, finesse".
>
> Elise Curran
> Orlando, FL
>
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