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Re: Clarinet's High Voicing Questions

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2022-09-02 19:45

I believe one of Tony Pay's points was that because we don't have a sure and scientifically accurate direct perception of our anatomical positions and movement while playing, we have to rely on an indirect metaphorical route to get results. Our bodies are more subtle than our conscious mind in assembling the postures and pressures necessary to achieve a certain result. So rather than trying to move our tongue to a certain position to, say, get a focused tone, we need to IMAGINE that focused tone, and the body will do what is necessary (and quite beyond our direct consciousness) to produce the desired effect, including effecting changes in palate tension, air flow, and glottal movement. In some ways, our bodies are smarter and certainly wiser than our minds.

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