Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 2006/08

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: pitch centers
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:13:13 -0400

Dear Kurt and List,

Faye Hansen was the trumpet (cornet) teacher at Weber College, now
Weber State University. Weber State is located in Ogden, Utah, which
is about 45 miles north of Salt Lake City.

Richard Bush

On Aug 30, 2006, at 7:20 AM, kurtheisig@-----.net wrote:

> AMEN!
>
> In 5 years of assisting Dr Claude Gordon teach a year long course
> on proper brass teaching I sure heard a LOT about tongue level.
>
> The first time I saw a film showing tongue level while playing
> clarient was on 8mm film back in '65. These were moving pictures of
> a clarinet player's tongue taken with flesh X-RAYS. The clarinet
> prof said "We don't know why the tongue moves like this when
> playing, but it does." Back in '38 Irons in 27 Groups of Excercises
> for Trumpet explained it.
>
> Ridenour mentions it in one of his books.
>
> ATTENTION!!!!!! Do NOT have yourself filmed in front of a
> flouroscope machine playing!!!!!! Faye Hansen from Weaver State in
> Idaho did this, as Did Dr Gordon. BOTH DEVELOPED CANCER!!!! That is
> WAY too much radiation to be exposed to.
>
> Kurt
>

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