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Author: ClariGirl2003
Date: 2003-03-02 20:43
Hi, I'm in 6th grade and I play the clarinet. I was just wondering if anyone knew what opening your throat means. Does it help to raise your pitch on your instrument. I heard that somewhere and wanted to know what it meant. Thanks to anyone who responds. ClariGirl2003![[happy]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley12.gif)
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Author: Nate Zeien
Date: 2003-03-03 02:54
Hrm. A tip that my clarinet teacher gave me, was to make sure to keep my throat relaxed, rather than tense, as to avoid a pinched sound. It helps to think of and remember that your throat and oral cavity, including the tongue, have a large effect on the airstream. I find that this does have an effect on my sound. Whether or not it alters pitch, I've never really given much thought to that. Hope this helps. -- Nate Zeien
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Author: PJ
Date: 2003-03-03 03:41
Opening the throat does give a more open, warm sound. Opening too much will make you play a bit flat (my experience). Think of it as saying "Ah" against your hand. Notice the warm air that will hit your hand. This warm air is what your looking for that will help you acheive a nice round, warm sound and will help increase the volume of sound as well.
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Author: William
Date: 2003-03-03 19:10
Actually, your throat should be "open" but the back of your tongue should be in a raised position at the same time as if you were imitating a cats hiss. Try saying ahhh and then make your tongue say eeee at the same time. Or, open your throat (ahhh) and make a cats hissing sound over the back of your tongue as if saying heeeeeee. The "open" throat insures a steady, unrestricted air flow and the raised tongue acts to focus and accelorate the air toward the tip of your reed and mouthpiece. This should also make your higher notes easier to play in tune. Ahhh and Eeee at the same time. Good luck!!!!
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Author: clarigurl
Date: 2003-03-03 22:18
it means to pretend like your mouth is holding a whole orange...and when u do that...your throat opens up and makes your sound much more even and not up and down in pitch.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2003-03-04 10:34
To open throat? Imagine how you smell the scent of a rose.
If you like to study this matter seriously, you should know
the difference of throat and larynx. Very often many people open not only throat but also larynx. This leads to a very bad result, i.e. bad tone quality,
inflexible expression.
You should not open larynx when you play clarinet. They should be rather
closed as when you sing. Good teachers often tell students to play like a singer. This means not only phrasing but also using larynx like a singer.
Good wind players can open or close larynx intentionally. Try to pull up a heavy mass with both of your arms, your larynx becomes open.
This is a very difficult notion but deserves studying. (It may need an explanation by professionals.)
You can search larynx such as in:
http://www.voice-center.com/larynx.html
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2003-03-04 12:05
I can say an 'ah' with a particular nasal dialect, with my throat very closed.
I can hold a significant orange in my mouth and have my throat completely blocked.
So my suggestion is to look in a mirror and yawn. Just open your mouth and think about yawning and it will almost certainly happen. Look at what happens at the back of your mouth and throat. Now learn to do that, a little more relaxed, without yawning.
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-03-05 10:42
Does that particular nasal dialect sound something like:-
fush n. chups
suxes and suvins?
Possible cause, too many Lion Reds.
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