Klarinet Archive - Posting 000379.txt from 2002/09

From: w9wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds and Notes
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:28:10 -0400

<><> Nick wrote:
I could always play down to the note as well from 2-4 notes above it.
What I could not do was to start at that note from a no-sound condition.

Okay. In a spirit of camaraderie, I was leading up to the following
point:

The emphasis on "starting from a no sound condition" caused me to wonder
whether you are starting from a no-sound condition because you are
interrupting your air or changing your grip or biting on the reed (or
whatever) between articulated notes.

It's a different situation, of course, when the printed music includes a
rest or change of dynamic.

The register key exercise is useful because it gives you the 'feel' of
continuing to move air at a steady pace and to maintain constant
embouchure and finger pressure and so forth.

Cheers,
Bill

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