Klarinet Archive - Posting 000311.txt from 2004/05

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Open Throat
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:39:23 -0400

John Dablin wrote:

>I am not a doctor, but I think what is meant is lifting and stretching the soft palate right at the back of the top of the mouth. In "The Art of Clarinet Playing" Keith Stein relates how he discovered how to do this by learning to yawn with his mouth closed. That certainly works for me.
>

If I yawn really *slowly* and analyze the movement, I find this is
pretty much what is happening, at least for me. It would be interesting
to see some sort of ultrasound or other sort of technological
wonder-photos taken of the innerbody process.

Patricia Smith

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