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Author: mamacinnamon
Date: 2007-03-17 16:12
My child is taking clarinet lessons. She is having trouble w/ making some of the sounds. She is in speech therapy. On the clarinet she is having trouble w/ making the ta ta ta type sound on the clarinet w/ her tongue. Any suggestions on how to remedy this?
Also, she is having trouble holding the notes for more than 2 beats. I could use some suggestions here also.
Thank you for your responses.
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2007-03-17 16:41
One way I use in getting the tongue to work correctly with beginners is to tell them to put their tongue on the reed and blow without moving it. There should be no sound at this point except a little air sound. Then remove the tongue from the reed to get a tone. Keep repeating this until she can get the tactile feeling of the motion of the tongue and of the feeling of her tongue on the reed. It should be the tip of her tongue close to the tip of the reed.
After doing this a while, then repeat but have her put her tongue back on the reed to stop the sound while still blowing. Usually the sound won't completely stop when this is first tried, but that is ok.
Make sure she is not moving her jaw when she is doing this exercise. Just the tongue moves.
There can be lots of reasons for not being able to play for very long. It can have to do with a too hard reed....a 1 1/2 or 2 size reed is good for beginnners. Or, the reed could be incorrectly placed on the mouthpiece.
How she places the mouthpiece in her mouth and forms the embouchure using her lower teeth and lips can make a big difference in how efficiently the air is used to make a sound. Hard to tell without seeing it, really.
johng
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: samohan245
Date: 2007-03-18 00:08
ok dont panic i was like this 4 years ago but now with a little sweat im well above advanced at playing clarinet
like john said let her tongue touch the reed over and over again pretty soon she will start to use the tongue more often. it all takes practice!!!
now with her breathing. teach her to breathe in and out slowly and keep doing this till she is use to it. make sure when she blows ito the clarinet that she is not over blowing and wasting her breath. teach her to slowly blow into the clarinet with much relaxation. make sure shes calm about her breathing and she is not hording into the clarinet
sam hanson
Bb clarinet/bass clarinet
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Author: Alexis
Date: 2007-03-18 00:38
Try this process:
Using a straw, get her blow onto her hand for at least 10 seconds. Make sure she doesn't puff her cheeks out while doing this.
Try this without the straw, aiming for a particular spot on her hand. Important not to puff the cheeks out, and to control the amount of air coming out, for at least 10 seconds, probably more.
Then she needs to transfer that process to the clarinet. If she is puffing her cheeks out on clarinet it will exacerbate the problem.
I am assuming no equipment problems and that the reed is placed correctly on the mouthpiece. It might also be an idea just to have her play on just the mouthpiece and barrel, to take away the complications of finger placement.
My personal view is that she will be able to tongue easier when she has a better idea about how to blow the instrument for a more extended period of time. Tonguing is a process intimately associated with airflow (the tonguing action periodically stops and starts the airflow) and if the airflow is not working at all, then tonguing will not either.
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