Klarinet Archive - Posting 000997.txt from 2004/10

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Doubling
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:01:20 -0500

Forest Aten posted in response to the observation " that one has to =
pitch
'up' to the note to hold a correct clarinet embouchure, and one has to =
pitch
'down' to the note for saxophone":

<<<Not for me Tony.....and I double a lot. . . . My perception about
embouchure from one instrument to another, is that my embouchure feels =
the
same. It may differ to some degree...but only in small subtle ways. Ways =
so
subtle that I don't notice them any longer when I change instruments.>>>

My observations are consistent w/ Forest's here. There are differences, =
but
almost entirely due to the size of the mouthpiece/reed. My soprano sax
embouchure is pretty much identical to what I use on Eb clarinet; bass
clarinet virtually the same as tenor. I'll often share reeds between =
these
groupings, too.

Fast doubling requires a flexible embouchure. So does playing clarinet, =
if
you want to have some nuance in your sound. My brother (a violinist) =
sneers
at us wind players as "just blowing and pushing buttons" - knowing full =
well
that it takes more than that. =20

. . some folks certainly do seem to take that approach, though. I =
don't
like listening to them much.

kjf

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