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Author: Jessica
Date: 2001-07-16 03:44
Ok, my teacher is always talking about "opening your throat" & I finally figured out what he was talking about and how to do it, but when I do my tongue gets so tense that I find it difficult to tongue. I was just wondering if anyone has ever had this problem & how they took care of it.
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2001-07-16 04:43
Stop tonguing? Asthmatics can sometimes clench up their throats instead of tonguing and it stops the air just the same, though it's a little dangerous for tone.
Practice as hard as you can holding one note relaxing your tongue and opening your throat at the same time. Once you've relaxed it as much as possible, try to tongue. I have a feeling that there is only one two-word solution for you that everyone dreads with a small passion: Monotonous Practice. Well, only the monotonous kind I hate...
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Author: Jerry McD.
Date: 2001-07-16 14:00
Jessica,
You cannot physically "open" your throat! The muscles in your throat are constricter muscles, they actually close down the airway. The way you open your throat is to relax your muscles. If your consciously try to relax everything from your shoulders on up, I think you will feel your tongue relax also.
Good luck!
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Author: Gretchen
Date: 2001-07-16 15:33
I've always find that TRYING to relax always makes me more tight. So instead of thinking "relax the throat"...just pretend your saying the sillable "ah" while you play. That opens the throat and relaxes everything without you even realizing it. I've also been told saying "ee" is good also.
Good luck.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-07-17 01:14
Throat and glottis are different. When a singer sings, glottis is closed to emit voices and his/her throat is open(relax?). This is also true of good windplayers.
To know the glottis working, just pick up a heavy thing with both arms. To know how the throat is open(relax?), just smell roses. Children easily know how to control them. (Some of them even know how to make circulating breathing in 5 minutes.)
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-07-17 01:42
One thing I misunderstood when I started clarient and flute was the word 'attack'.
When I learned 'tongue release', suddenly my tongue became relaxed. In fact instrument emits a tone when tongue is released, not when it touches upper aural cavity or behind the teeths. (Reading Keith Stein's 'The Art of Clarinet Playing', many amateur players are misunderstanding tongueing concept, just like me.)
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