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Re: Using Register Key

Author: donald
Date: 2007-08-28 08:09

i will post more on this later (in a rush now)
but if your tone is good in the low register, then the advice given by Bob Phillips (not to "help" the register change) is indeed good.
On almost a daily basis i use this with my students (both young and old)
- i get them to play a note in the lower register, we then work on the tone
- then, while they hold the note, i put the register key on so they produce an upper register note
- in almost every case, provided the low note is good, the upper note will be of a higher quality than if they had moved the key themselves (and conciously or unconciously adjusted their embouchure at the moment of register change).

It is true (and indeed scientifically proven) that a good player adjusts for each note, however the amount of adjustment needed is minute (and mostly in the tongue rather than the lips). In my experience for the playing of both myself and my students many many tone production flaws/issues are created by OVER adjustment. From my experience the majority of teachers/players agree with me on this. A few disagree, and at least one of them is far more successful and famous than me.
Regardless what may be said- i prove to my students on a daily basis that eliminating unnecessary "adjustment" can improve tone quality, and they are thanking me for it not arguing with me about it.
donald

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