Klarinet Archive - Posting 000404.txt from 2005/06

From: "Jay Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] slur down the break, "back of the tongue"?
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:49:51 -0400

Try this:

Say the word "Knee"; see if you can feel the sides of your
tongue touch your molars. From that position go through the
vowel sounds, "a,e,I,o,u". That should give you a sense of what
portion of the tongue is to be moved. I would give a longer
explanation but I have to go out the door.

Jay Webler

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Fairhead [mailto:madprof@-----.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:15 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] slur down the break, "back of the toungue"?

Hi all,

It's me, Daniel the ever-inquisitive, with my monthly
question. :-)

I've been having problems with slurring down the break,
particually from (say) clarion D to chalmeau C, with the
note instead flipping up to the clarion G. From what I have
read on the archive (bravo me) I think this is a toungue
position problem. People say "raise (or lower) the back
tounge position to what it is when playing the chalmeau
note". OK... But which part of the tounge _is_ the back
bit (stupid question)? I mean, is it the bit by the top
teeth? The bit behind the teeth? The bit under the soft
top section of the palate? The bit of toungue that is some
place down the back of my throat?

I think I may be teaching myself bad habits, cutting the
breath support just slightly to get the slur... Grr, too
many years with no teaching teacher...

Thanks,

Dan

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