Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 2011/06

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] difficulties tonguing in clarion register
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:20:54 -0400

Were the two teachers able to articulate in the upper register without
difficulty? The "instrument" problem could be that your register key opens
too far, which is simple to fix.
There are too many other potential variables to "diagnose" over e-mail.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane McConkey" <jjmcconkey@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:29 PM
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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