Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2005/01

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] re: "Claripatch"
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:21:20 -0500

On 19 Jan, "David McClune" <dmcclune@-----.edu> wrote:

> Think of these patches as a way to experiment with different mouthpiece
> facings without actually buying mouthpieces.

[snip]

> However it is a variable in the complex relationship of the reed to the
> mouthpiece to your lips, tongue position, oral cavity, breath support....
> You could now sit in the pre-concert warm up and get that much more
> paranoid about which reed AND which patch to use.

For me, this is the crucial insight.

> I think of the patches as another tool which may help us to relax and make
> music through this hollow wooden stick.

[snip]

> I still believe that the better shape we are in, the less the reed
> differences are really audible.

I think I shall buy the product, nevertheless. All too often, I find that
the setup a student is using makes it impossible for them to do the thing I
feel it is essential for me to demand of them at their current stage of
expertise.

Usually, then, I get out a box of reeds and try to find a reed that will
allow them to do that thing. That doesn't always work -- and this product
might help, because *I* might learn progressively how to use it for any given
need.

I don't think I'd want it to be a too important part of my own playing,
though.

Tony
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