Klarinet Archive - Posting 000727.txt from 2003/02

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Staccato problems
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:51:02 -0500

You should get lots of reaction on these. My first reaction, without hearing
or seeing what you're actually doing, is that embouchure and general sound
production should not be drastically different (some might go farther and
say no different) no matter how you're articulating. That you are so
conscious of changes between legato and different lengths of articulated
staccato suggests to me that there's too much changing going on in your
approaches to each situation. Again, without hearing or seeing you, my first
suggestion would be slow down and pay attention to what's changing when you
go from legato to staccato and then concentrate on not changing it.

Have you changed reed style as you've "over-indulged" in so much Brahms?

FWIW

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: kl
> Subject: [kl] Staccato problems
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Advice is needed... after a long period of playing mostly legato
> work (I've
> been over-indulging in Brahms... can one over-indulge in Brahms,
> actually?-)
> I find myself in a bit of a tricky situation with staccato.
>
> Tonguing speed is not the problem. What's happening is that (a) air is
> escaping from my embouchure in a big way when I tongue, and (b) I
> seem to be
> biting the mouthpiece very hard during staccato passages. (I suspect the
> two are linked.;-)
>
> Any suggestions for practise technique to remove these problems? (I think
> it will probably be the focus of my next lesson, so "Work with
> your teacher"
> can be taken as read.;-)
>
> A third problem---I don't know if it's related---going from one
> long note to
> two staccato---e.g., dotted crotchet followed by two semiquavers---I find
> the transition from legato to staccato tonguing difficult. For example, I
> want to use the tongue lightly at the end of the dotted crotchet,
> so as not
> to create a big gap which sounds ugly---but then I can't get the staccato
> tonguing to end the semiquavers. Again, advice?-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Best wishes,
>
> -- Joe
>
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