Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 2011/06

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] difficulties tonguing in clarion register
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:34:53 -0400

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk> wrote:

>
> 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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I have played clarinets, usually Buffet A clarinets, that grunted
particularly on clarion A.
but not confined to that note. Changing the register tube for a shorter
tube cured the problem. If it is the clarinet it can be fixed.
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