Klarinet Archive - Posting 000147.txt from 2007/03

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Exercise for developing embouchure and air
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:44:29 -0500

On 8 Mar, "Esther L. Jones" <familyj@-----.net> wrote:

> In my Woodwind techniques class, the professor has us working with a cloth
> stuffed into the bell. With all fingers down (what I think you call a long
> B or low E), we are supposed to be able to play an arpeggio.
> I am really struggling to accomplish this: I can get a really high note
> (Bb I think), and the stuffed-sounding low Eb, but nothing in between.
>
> Can anyone shed light on this exercise, whether I've got the correct notes
> (really an Be arpeggio?) and any further help on how to accomplish this
> exercise? I have definitely noticed a difference and strengthening in my
> sound once I pull the cloth out of the bell, but I cannot seem to make the
> exercise itself do what it is supposed to.

This is not exactly the same thing, perhaps (though the fact you say 'long B'
in the above suggests that it *is* the same thing) -- but in any case you may
find it helpful:

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1998/12/000792.txt

Tony
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