Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2003/10

From: "Noel Taylor" <r.n.taylor@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tongue movements
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:31:00 -0400

I've been contemplating asking a rather related question for some days -
namely, what off-clarinet practice methods do people engage in or =
recommend?
I didn't have Tony's virtual playing in mind, so much as what things you =
can
do to improve your grasp of musical/clarinet techniques without the =
clarinet
being to hand (excluding the mouthpiece, which is portable) ?

Noel Taylor=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Lenoir [mailto:AnneLenoir@-----.net]=20
Subject: Re: [kl] Tongue movements

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.=20
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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