Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-07-14 00:51
SunnyDaze wrote:
> This week I have discovered that if I just relax my abdomen,
> then my lungs kind of naturally inflate like a great balloon
> with a feeling as though my whole body was filled with air
> right down to my pelvis. Then instead of holding my breath, I
> just let the force of the air lean against the reed, so that a
> kind of counterbalancing relationship develops between the air
> pressure and the reed, that I am not involved in. I then find
> that I can start and stop it with my tongue, but I don't need
> to do much else, except notice when the air is running out, and
> stop to relax the system again so that my lungs self-inflate.
>
You're on a good track.
> I've been trying the suggestion up-thread of treating my air
> for the legato pair of notes as though they were a single note
> and that is clearly a much better idea. It takes a big change
> in mindset to do it,
One way to set the feeling of this continuing air stream, if your teacher hasn't already tried it with you in your lessons, is for you to form your embouchure and supply the air while someone else (your teacher?) manages the fingerings. The idea isn't original with me by any means. When I do this with my students to demonstrate keeping everything steady, I turn the mouthpiece around so the tone holes and keys are facing the student. Then, I do the fingering and the student holds onto the barrel (for stability) and blows normally in a continuous stream with a well-formed embouchure. This also overcomes embouchure changes that are happening for any reason. My student just blows steadily and I go skittering over the clarinet to show what it feels like to maintain steady air and embouchure.
Karl
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