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Re: "Voicing" is a crock

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-03-05 11:51

A trumpet player friend of mine wanted to know what the heck the diagram was I was looking at when reading this second article. I described what was going on with the box and the rubber gasket demonstrating that all the notes of a clarinet can be achieved just be varying air speed.

Surprisingly, he told me that there was a similar experiment with a trumpet. Of course the gasket had to mimic the buzzing of the lips.

Guess what............?

Same results !!!!!!!

All the notes of a trumpet are easily played WITHOUT varying the taughtness of the vibrating medium, and all the notes are easily played without ANY pressure against this buzzing medium. The only variable was air speed.

hmmmmmm

So, the first article Tony posted represents the crock that we hear and pass on to our students.

Sure there are a number of clarinet players that do "X" with their lips/tongue (and whatever else) every time they play a given note but that DOES NOT mean that "X" is what makes that happen, or that it's necessary... OR THAT IT ISN'T GETTING IN THE WAY OF MAKING IT EASIER.

Bottom line: I am not saying we can all put down our horns forever because we have machines to do that now. What I AM saying is that we should be a little more careful about what we take for granted and pass along to others. Those carefully held beliefs may just be another hurdle rather than a help.

....................Paul Aviles

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