Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 1994/11

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Embouchure for low vs high clarinets
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 12:34:27 -0500

Chester in Houston, a very experienced player too, suggests that there
is no essential difference between the c.b. clarinet, b.c. and other
members of the clarinet family.

I was wondering why this should be the case (and I don't disagree with
Chester) when the angle of entry into the mouth of the c.b. and b.c.
is so different from that of the soprano clarinets. I see it as
about 45 degrees for soprano clarinet and 0 degrees for b.c.

The difference is so severe that Charlie Bay in Los Angeles has
produced a new neck joint so that the bass clarinet angle entry is
made to simulate that of the soprano clarinet. I use it happily.

Now, for whatever influence the angle of entry has on the embouchure,
I don't understand how the two embouchure's (soprano on one hand and
b.c. on the other) can be considered the same.

On this matter I have no preconceived notions. I have no opinions. I
have no disagreements to flail. It is rather I don't understand the
relation to the angle of entry into the mouth and the general subject
of embouchure and I want to understand it better. Will someone out
there help me out?

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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