Klarinet Archive - Posting 000604.txt from 2001/11

From: CmdrHerel@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Fun with Double Lip & Lip pushups off the floor
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:11:17 -0500

In a message dated 11/18/01 12:40:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, jnohe@-----.Edu
writes:

<< > it gradually! Two minutes a day for two weeks. Five minutes a day for
the
> next two weeks, and so on. As the time increases, I'd also recommend
> frequent short spurts - that is, two minutes on, two minutes break, two
> minutes on, two minutes tightening a screw, wax on, wax off. I literally
> practiced with a three minute egg timer for a while to keep myself honest
> with the breaks.

I wonder if this particular practice method is taught by Opperman, since
(if I recall correctly) you are one of his students, and Chris Jones, who
visted NMSU earlier this year, also described such a technique utilizing
an egg timer. >>

And here I thought I was so smart to think of using an egg timer! But indeed
the two minute on - two minute off is a general practice technique of
Opperman's used to be able to practice for long periods of time without
blowing the embouchure. I've found that it also works very well in the
method I described earlier for building up a double lip embouchure from an
established single lip embouchure.

Teri Herel

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