Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 1995/05

From: Steve Fowler <sfowler@-----.COM>
Subj: Crystal Clear?
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 08:37:53 -0400

David Gilman wrote:

>Years later, I began studying formally, and I discovered that my
teacher,
>who was also a student of Simeon Bellison, made the change from double

to
>single on his own as well. Plus, he did it for a similar reason: to
prevent
>unnecessary fatigue.
>
>Some years ago, I also started using a rubber pad on top of the
mouthpiece.
>Not only does it lessen bone conduction, but it also makes the
mouthpiece
>more comfortable under the upper teeth, especially if you have one
central
>incisor slightly longer than the other, like I do. In any event, I
decided
>to stay with a single lip embouchure.
>
>Glad to know I'm not the only one who went through this.
>
>David Gilman
>

David,

I switched from double lip to single lip in college also. Not that
I wanted to. . . I was rather strong headed. But I made it none the
less. That's why I know about bone conduction. I couldn't stand the
sound I heard. But, would you believe, I still to this day play double
lip on Saxophone! Even after 20 years of marching on Worden Field at
the Naval Academy, playing tenor and coming back to the bandroom with
raw meat for an upper lip, I still can't stand to play sax with my
teeth on the mouthpiece. Oh well, live and _never_ learn...

later,

Steve
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Steve Fowler (sfowler@-----.com)