Klarinet Archive - Posting 000733.txt from 2003/02

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Staccato problems
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:26:24 -0500

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

I am not playing on Strength 9 1/2 Grand Concert V12 Super-Thick Blanks (TM)
if that's what you mean!-) My reeds are quite responsive and only of
moderate strength (Zonda 3 and 3.5) so I don't think that's the problem.

<< 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. >>

This is what I thought. I think another thing may be the relatively high
tessitura of the staccato in the new pieces I'm working on (it may be
compounding the problem). Certainly I seem to be using too much jaw
pressure in the staccato passages. I shall do some experimenting in the
next few days and see what else I can find...

Thanks!

-- Joe

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