Klarinet Archive - Posting 001059.txt from 2002/11

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Introducing tonguing - was "teaching clarinet"
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:08:41 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wright [mailto:Bi6W@-----.net]
> That's why I began one of my replies with: "If you start
> your breath support and touch your tongue to the reed, you will still
> feel and hear air passing over the reed." Perhaps it's not that way
> for everyone?

I don't think it is, Bill. If it were then you and the audience would always
be aware of a hissing sound, right? I don't hear this with good clarinet
players. I've sat within a foot or two of everywhere from fair to
world-class players and I've yet to hear an air hiss from a tongued reed
(and there are times when the tongue is held on the reed for a significant
amount of time).

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