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Author: lenc
Date: 2015-09-22 21:31
Hi, adult learner here and having a lot of fun. I'm taking a 3 week holiday and wondering if any exercise I can do to maintain my embouchure when back?
Thank you.
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2015-09-23 00:26
I studied for awhile with Eduard Brunner, who had a very useful and simple exercise. You start with middle C, play a medium-volume note, and somebody else pops your register key so you can't unconsciously change your embouchure to prepare for the upper G. If the G comes out clearly, the same volume, the same tone color and in tune, that's good. At the beginning, it frequently doesn't. After you get used to this, you can start popping your own register key, though it's useful at first to do that with the right hand so you don't make the kind of adjustment you're used to making when you just slur up a 12th. Then, you do the same thing going down by half-steps to low E, then start at C again and move up by half-steps to F. Rest as frequently as your mouth starts to get tired.
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Author: knotty
Date: 2015-09-23 00:36
I assumed the OP was going to be without a clarinet for three weeks and needed something to keep the embouchure toned.
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