Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2011/06

From: Jane McConkey <jjmcconkey@-----.uk>
Subj: [kl] difficulties tonguing in clarion register
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:29:48 -0400

Hello - I would be grateful for any suggestions or help anyone has to offer on
this topic.

I have decided to take up the clarinet again after a gap of several years. When
I stopped playing I wasn't particularly experienced (about 2 years of
learning). One of the reasons for giving up was that when I tongued in the
clarion register, the start of the note was never clean and always seemed to be
preceeded by a muffled sounding other note. This is most obvious when playing
scales with each note tongued. I had two different teachers work on this
problem with me over a period of months and neither was successful in helping me
make progress.

Of course, they checked my embouchure but couldn't find any problems with it and
the clarion register notes sound completely fine when slurred. I'm keen to find
a way to overcome the problem this time as its quite a serious limitation. I
should possibly also mention that many years ago, I played the oboe and did
initially find that I had to think about clarinet embouchure quite differently
compared to the oboe.

Thank you

<font face="comic sans ms" color="#8000ff" size="4"><strong>Jane
McConkey</strong></font>
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