Klarinet Archive - Posting 000679.txt from 2003/08

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Articulation problems
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:17:33 -0400

Tony Pay wrote:

> First of all, I just wanted to know what you
> were meaning by 'articulation'. Because,
> what I mean by articulation isn't covered by
> your definition: "the separation of two notes
> by a moment of silence." It's more general
> than that [big snip]

OK, I understand. (as with most words in the dictionary, there are
alternate definitions. Here's a sentence from a well-known method
book: "Most of the notes [in this exercise] are articulated, not legato
or connected.")

> I never saw that discussion; but had I seen it,
> I would have dismissed it.

The topic [whether tonguing holds the reed firmly against the
mouthpiece] was part of a discussion about the meaning of breath
support, which led to a discussion about whether breath support means
air in motion.

> It is quite possible that a successful
> interruption of reed vibration bears no relation
> at all to 'closing' the reed -- whatever that
> means. If you meant, pushing the reed
> against the mouthpiece, that's even more
> wrong, if possible.

I agree, and I didn't mean to say otherwise.

> By the way, where do you get *your*
> 'certainty' from?

I don't, that's why I presented my opinions in more detail --- to hear
what other people think of them.

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