Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2005/04

From: "Margaret Thornhill" <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] legato (Sarah Elbaz's post)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:23:16 -0400

I love your "Jacob and Esau" metaphor for the two-person clarinet exercise!

Small matter, but actually I --not tony--was the one who wrote the
following (which Tony said he uses too):

> > the rather well known exercise I call the "two person clarinet" helps
> get this across quickly. Student blows (with eyes shut); teacher fingers
> (you have to turn the body
> > of the instrument 3o degrees to get this to work); student continues to
> try
> > to duplicate that sensation on his own.

Margaret Thornhill

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