Author: donald
Date: 2021-12-10 06:11
One thing that MAY help is to have the mouthpiece enter your mouth at a steeper angle (another way of saying, hold the instrument a little closer, and don't dip your head down like you're looking at the clarinet).
NOW, I can name at least 2 clarinet players who have super fast tonguing, but who have the instrument enter their mouth at right angles (Eddie Daniels and the sexy Ottensamer guy
BUT for many students I've taught (and many of us less insanely talented types) the steeper angle seems to help. Here's why - with the increased angle of entry, the "contact point" with the reed moves FORWARD in the mouth closer to the teeth, and to a more natural spot (similar to where a flute player or trumpet player will tongue).
With the head down, and the clarinet entering the mouth closer to a right angle, that "contact spot" is moved slightly back in the mouth, so tension is created as you have to bunch your tongue muscle "back" rather than being "forward" in the mouth.
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