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Re: The Clarinet does not need air

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2018-09-13 21:53

All I meant by:

>> If we think about the matter in this way, we can see that we may indeed on some occasions be putting more air down the instrument than we need. >>

...was that it's possible to err on the side of a too-open setup.

You say "My instinctive approach is to use too much wind". So, for a given musical demand, try using less, and see whether that helps. I wouldn't think it's a problem.

>> I think of the oral cavity as a modular mouthpiece, a chamber that we can change (voicing) to improve the response of the instrument. >>

Indeed.

>> Along that idea, then, and applying Bernoulli's principle, the pressure differential is created before the oral cavity? >>

At any moment the pressure in your mouth is the same as that in your trachea, which is the same as that in your lungs. There is a difference between that pressure and the pressure in the mouthpiece. This pressure difference is what drives the vibration of the reed.

You don't want to worry about this Bernoulli thing. Though it comes into the analysis, and is a factor in mouthpiece design, it's not an important part of a player's concerns. You choose a mouthpiece that you can get on with.

There are a number of ways in which players can encounter problems. But EVERYONE, including all the people that this list considers 'magicians', is involved in dealing moment by moment with the difference between what they want to produce and what they are currently producing. There is no 'answer'.

>> Or am I devolving into your "assembly line" here and I should reapproach with integrated "tube of sound"? >>

The 'tube of sound' metaphor is just that: a metaphor. My teacher thought it the best one to lead me as a 9-year old lad to the experience of playing well. But it's not THE TRUTH, and indeed can be counterproductive for some people.

My basic message would be, forget about what you SPOZED to do. Be interested in the music.

Tony

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The Clarinet does not need air

Paul Aviles

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