Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-09-02 19:07
Micke Isotalo wrote:
> A previous thread also discussing tongue position/voicing had
> references to x-ray and similar studies, showing that the
> tongue is actually lowered and not raised when ascending a
> scale. It included the following two links, one about a study
> in 1973 (originally posted by Tony Pay) and the other one in
> 2017:
>
As I remember without going back to re-read that older thread - maybe later - one point, based on those imaging studies, was that we often misunderstand/misinterpret what we're actually doing when we play. What we think we're doing is sometimes not really what's going on. "Throat" position is one, tongue position is another instance of discrepancies between what we claim good players "must" do and what they actually do when playing.
We verbalize what we *feel* and then so often leap to assuming that what we "feel" must take place to produce good playing. Moreover, when we get actual evidence of the real activity that's involved in good playing, it turns out we really don't know how, or are even anatomically unable, to control it directly.
What, specifically is a "high tongue?" How are we sure that the "high tongue," whatever it is, results in "fast air?" And to what extent do our individual concepts and prejudices about clarinet playing influence or even dictate our actions and what many insist are "musts?"
Karl
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