Author: faltpihl ★2017
Date: 2015-04-02 22:36
Time for another question.
I have started getting to a point where my sound is nice (to my beginner ears) and technique is easier.
I don't arrive at this point every time I play and it is a bit frustrating.
I think I have found what it takes for me to reach this point in a playing session: "high air pressure".
What it feels like is that i feel my stomach being a bit tired or at least I feel the muscles getting a work out. I can really press out the air using alot of force without getting tired.
When I am in this mode I get a very centered and sweet tone, most undertoning dissapears, high tones come out easier, fingering is easier, low tones sound better etc.
I also noticed that when i just try to hold my lips together and blow to feel that my stomach is active, I buzz my lips very easily. Alot of tones, almost hard not to buzz.
The problem is that most often I dont reach this sweet spot in my practice sessions (1-2 hours).
Often I reach it at the end, when my thumb and lips are begging to stop.
A few times I felt this most of my session, I dont know what was different then. Perhaps I was less tired.
So I have tried doing alot of blowing prior ro warming up on the clarinet so that I might reach this sweet spot earlier, but it dont seem to work.
I've tried using my plastic-table-tennis-ball-device for long periods, even covering most holes in it so i really have to press hard with my stomach.
Does anyone have any tips regarding warming up the blowing muscles in a short amount of time?
Could there be something else I should consider trying?
Regards
Peter
|
|
The Clarinet BBoard
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
