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Re: lifted soft palate while playing

Author: speedyclarinet  Date:   2011-12-28 22:29 As far as I understand and hear Lee Morgans teaching, he is a real disciple of Robert Marcellus- one of the greatest clarinetists of the 20th century. That tongue position is so crucial to how the cultivation of sound is produced, instead of just letting it float around randomly- which will produce an unfocused sound with no core to it- and therefor without spin and projection. The soft palate has nothing to do with the tongue- obviously- it just gives that extra " headroom" of resonance, and at the same time takes some of the pressure off the reed- or at least can help doing this, since when engaging it, it will automatically lower your jaw just a tad. It´s all so super interesting stuff, and always had a lot of " mystery" surrounding it, since you can´t see it, but use the ears and the result is very obvious. Great Lee Morgan tries to pass on some of these same ideas- at least for us who are real Marcellus fans

Topics	Author	Date
lifted soft palate while playing	annev	2011-09-21 20:43
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	2E	2011-09-22 01:55
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	annev	2011-09-24 02:19
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	DNBoone	2011-09-24 02:25
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	annev	2011-09-27 02:49
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	Liquorice	2011-09-27 11:53
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	2E	2011-09-28 08:28
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	Liquorice	2011-09-28 12:57
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	rdskiano	2011-12-27 19:07
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	cigleris	2011-12-27 22:04
Re: lifted soft palate while playing	speedyclarinet	2011-12-28 22:29

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