Klarinet Archive - Posting 001056.txt from 2002/11

From: Eric Dannewitz <ericdano@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introducing tonguing - was "teaching clarinet"
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:11:26 -0500

Yeah, ok man...........

Now I know why I don't post on this list.

Bill Wright wrote:

> <><> Eric Dannewitz wrote:
>meaning the tongue comes up on the reed and presses it closed.
>
>
>
>...well, since we can't hear you play or see inside your mouth, we have
>no way of knowing whether you are actually doing this, or perhaps you
>are only imagining (creating the image in your mind) that you are doing
>it. Any dentist will tell you that people seldom know what their
>tongues are actually doing.
>
>However, tonguing hard enough to actually close the reed will produce
>sounds that are considered 'ugly' in most situations.
>
>.....and once again, using a nozzle metaphor is likely to encourage a
>student to lean in the unwanted direction of heavy tonguing.
>
>Regards,
> Bill
>
>
>
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possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time
flautist(flutist?), macintosher, and often thought to be completely out
to lunch. http://www.jazz-sax.com

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