Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2004/06

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] glissando help
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 06:33:25 -0400

Noel Taylor wrote:

>I seem to have tried every form of contortion my tongue is capable of (there should be a new chapter in the Karma Sutra for this). Can everyone else on the list do this in the way he described? I can, however, manage a limited glissando in the clarion range using the 'sliding the fingers off' whilst keeping everything very slack method, but that's about it.
>

I had a similar problem to you a while back. A change of mouthpiece
turned out to be the "magic ingredient"---literally magic, as I was able
to go from bending with difficulty to bending quite large intervals. So
it might be an idea to test out a variety of different mouthpieces with
different facings---e.g. go to a shop and play their Vandorens to death,
find one that lets you do glisses more easily, and then go about finding
a mouthpiece with a similar facing that gives you the best sound as well.

-- Joe

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