Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 2011/06

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: Re: [kl] difficulties tonguing in clarion register
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:22:53 -0400


Hi! One of the "teachers" on youtube (search for clarinet) has a lesson on this topic. He points it out as an instument problem. Many not-professionel (student) models gives the problem. He suggests that you bow part of the register key. See if yuo can find it! gr. Finn, Denmark

> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:29:48 +0100
> From: jjmcconkey@-----.uk
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: [kl] difficulties tonguing in clarion register
>
> 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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