Klarinet Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2008/09

From: Audrey Travis <clr91nt@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Warm Air / Cold Air
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:35:43 -0400

Fairly standard concept in brass instrumental playing - blow softly and
warm air results. Blow the air very fast = cold air. In brass
playing, the tighter mouth corners for cold (fast) air helps produce
high notes. I don't know if this relates to clarinet, though.

Cheers

Audrey
On 22-Sep-08, at 9:26 PM, Nancy Buckman wrote:

> Today in my copy of "American Recorder" was a "scholarly" description
> of using warm
> air to create the best tone for low notes, medium air for the middle
> notes, and
> cool air for the high notes. Would the collective wisdom of the list
> care to
> comment on this? I fail to see how an individual can effect change in
> the
> temperature of exhaled air at will. Someone please enlighten me with
> a "reasonable" explanation.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Buckman
> Orchestra AACC
> Opera AACC
> Baltimore Flute Choir
> Early Music Society of Northern MD
> eefer@-----.com
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