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Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2014-01-04 05:41
When I practice nudging the register key, the pitch instantly bumps up from a low E to a clarion B for example. This is the case for all the low chalameau up to the appropriate clarion note. However, when I release the register key, the note has a momentary grunt before it drops down. If I release the stream of air somewhat just at the moment I release the register key, the note drops down without a grunt, a delay or any problem at all. I tried relaxing my embouchure but the grunt remains. Of course, if I lightly tongue the note, this interrupts the flow of air and once again the note drops down effortlessly. Can this be normal? It seems the note should drop down as easily as it bumps up.
Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2014-01-04 06:18
Everyone has this problem. You should be able to slur easily from third-line B down to any chalumeau note down to about A below the staff, but lower than that likes to stay up.
If you have music that calls for a clarion-to-chalumeau slur that grunts, you change the voicing by dropping your uvula and, as necessary, slightly disturbing the airstream by brushing the area just back of the tip of your tongue over the tip of the reed, coming as close as possible to missing. The syllable is "luh" or even "ruh."
Composers know about this problem on the clarinet and usually don't write big downward slurs between registers.
Ken Shaw
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Author: BobD
Date: 2014-01-05 18:47
Nudging my memory. Must be something "we" correct early on and do it automatically without thinking after that. Ken is , as usual, exactly correct but I still have a semantic problem with "dropping my uvula".
Bob Draznik
Post Edited (2014-01-06 20:48)
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