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Re: breathing through clarinet before an entrance..

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-02-06 13:42

Another way to look at it is like a garden hose - if you switch the hose on from the tap, there'll be some time before the water pours out the end at full flow. Then when you switch the tap off, the flow will stop gradually instead of immediately.

Now if the hose is already on and flowing (fully primed), you can stop the water flow and release it instantly with your thumb covering the end of the hose.

Your tongue is acting like your thumb in this example by releasing the water which is already primed, just as your entire airway is pressurised (or primed) from your lungs right to your mouth to be released using your tongue like a switch or release valve against the reed.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2013-02-06 17:42)

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