Klarinet Archive - Posting 000507.txt from 1996/02

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Anatomy of a woodwind player :-) {embouchure}
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:39:49 -0500

Edwin Lacy says that the word "embouchure" only seems to apply in a
musical situation (acccording to another respondent). So if I kiss my
stand partner amidst a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet",
are we just kissing? Or are we also practicing embouchure development? ;-)

On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Richard Spittel wrote:
>
> > >muscles in playing the woodwind instruments.
> >
> > Couldn't you also use this word to describe the way you form your mouth to
> > kiss?
>
> It's OK by me. Actually, a respondent on another list (can't remember
> which one) had a French dictionary before him as he typed his response,
> and said that the word seems to apply only in a musical situation.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>