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Re: Tonal variations from one day to the next

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-11-07 21:53

Dear Ned (is that right?),

I did actually mean to say:

"Speed of your air and your ABDOMINAL MUSCLE PRESSURE should NOT vary".

more as a wake up call to the original post. If things are that different from day to day, the very first thing thing on the check list is consistency of technique, NOT equipment. That is not to say these things don't fail (as stated above.... reeds fail) but a fundamental inconsistency is usually related to inconsistency of air. You get inconsistent use of air by not applying yourself to pressing the air supply OUT. Someone on some other post mentioned the analogy to an aerosol can (I like that one).

YES, I will concede that the refined version of my statement should read as follows: "One should not vary from the use of the most concentrated, swiftest stream of air for a given musical outcome. One accomplishes this by employing steady abdominal muscle pressure (not your diaphragm, which only lets air IN to your lungs)."

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

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