Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 1993/11

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.COM>
Subj: Clarinet sound
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 18:49:30 -0500

Cary Karp writes:

> ... From
> the point of view of the player, embouchure adjustments have always been
> accepted as profound. I think we may have to add mouth and throat cavity
> adjustments to the list. (Think -- not know!)

Do most people have a definition of embouchure that does not
include mouth and throat cavity? Without ever having looked
it up, I've been assuming a definition that includes those as
well as lips, tongue, teeth, jaw, chin -- anything below the
nose and above the neck that alters the sound. (This, of
course, begs the question of where the throat fits in.)

My dictionary defines embouchure as "the position and use of
the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument."

Claudia