Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 2002/03

From: "Gary Smith" <asemsi@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grade 8
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:25:05 -0500

Ditto the blowing warm air routine - swab just before going up, and if
you're playing more than one number, swab between. I played a recital
recently at a rather excessively air conditioned hall with poor humidity
control, and found myself in that precarious pre-gurgle stage after the
first of Finzi's "5 Bagatelles," which is not a very long piece. When I
listened to the playback, that characteristic almost-wrong-note-gargling
sound was not in evidence, but I could definately *feel* it getting
stuffy/gurgly.

Point is, it can build up pretty quickly in a cold room.

G

>From: "helen.coney" <helen.coney@-----.uk>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: "Clarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] Grade 8
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:12:05 -0000
>
>Hi,
>I know this is gonna sound a little trivial but I have my grade 8 clarinet
>tomorrow. Do you have any little gems of advice on how my clarinet can
>perform at it's best? I know lot of it is up to the player but sometimes my
>clarinet can get a little temprement especially when the exam is held in an
>unheated concert hall.
>Thanx in adavnce,
>Helen
>
>
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