Klarinet Archive - Posting 000549.txt from 2003/04

From: "Bill Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] embouchure problems
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:38:05 -0400

My student puckers his lips. This is only his fourth lesson.

I decided to work on his fingers first. He had overly arched, jabbing at the
keys with the top of his fingers. We got that one figured out. And he moved
up one section in his high school band as a result. He thinks I am a hero.

His mechanical technique is better than what his tone should be. The comment
I am interested in is too much lip on the reed. I told him he could not
control the reed with his approach. Am I right?

William T. Semple
Office: 202-364-2466
Home: 540-364-4823
Cell: 540-903-6645
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] embouchure problems

> Audrey Travis wrote:
> > Hi Nancy and Bill
> > This sounds like both your students may be pinching the sound in the
throat
> > (perhaps in an attempt to get a pure focussed sound?). Ask the student
to
> > imagine someone holding the palm of their hand up against the bottom of
the
> > bell. The student's job is to blow lots of air straight through the
length of
> > the clarinet, blowing the person's hand off the bell. Hope this helps.
>
>
> Nancy,
>
> Also, taking in more mouthpiece might solve the student's problem of
> pinching as well.
>
> Patricia Smith
>
>
>
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