Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2003/10

From: AnneLenoir@-----.net (Anne Lenoir)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tongue movements
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:04:38 -0400

Tony, What you said about "rehearsing" music inside of your head with no
movements or air whatsoever, is absolutely correct. For those of us who
suffer from chronic "feeblemindedness", this type of "imaginary"
rehearsal is absolutely necessary. Jon Manasse does it on a regular
basis. He told us about it at a master class in Norman, OK, one time,
and cautioned us to be a little bit careful. It seems that one time
while he was learning a new part, he was supposed to be on airplane to
Rochester, and as he sat on the plane, totally engrossed in his mental
rehearsing of a new piece of music, the stewardess announced that the
plane would be landing in Pittsburg.
I know that this does not necessarily have anything to do with the
position of the tongue in the mouth or articulation, but it is important
for many of us to have the ability to study a piece, as though we were
actually playing it, without an instrument. ANNIE

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