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Re: Why start low?

Author: prigault
Date: 2022-12-10 21:06

Lots of good points in this thread.

I remember quite well the first notes assigned to me, as per the french school (Besançon conservatoire) in the 1970s:

First note was [D6]

for a couple of weeks.

Then [G#5]

for a few more.

Of course, the first one was only with the mouthpiece, and the second one with the barrel added to it.

Only then was I allowed to mount the clarinet and start playing on the chalumeau...

Talk about motivating seven-year-old kids. What this encouraged is me quickly trying to evade the precise teacher's instructions and finding interesting things by myself.

Note: However, for advanced players (as John Bruce Yeh mentioned in one of Andy's liquorice talks), playing only with the mouthpiece is an excellent way to check that one's embouchure is neither too tight nor too relaxed. A good embouchure should play D6 in tune.

Post Edited (2022-12-10 23:56)

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