Klarinet Archive - Posting 001273.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Long Tones
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:01:17 -0500

The upper lip is a major contributor toward flexibility (as is tongue
position - back) and towards a beautiful, dark sound. We use upper lip
pressure in different ways for different registers, volumes, and
particular colors we wish to produce....that is not to say that our basic
sound changes much, we just enhance it with the upper lip. Upper lip is
the one part of the embouchure that should move and adjust....as do the
corners. In fact, it is on long tones that one begins to become sensitive
as to how to use the upper lip and corners...not to mention air speed.

Roger Garrett

On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Frankenberg von u wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> > Not a test.....we are talking about sound production....not about
> > technical facility. While Baermann keeps you in shape and strengthens the
> > chops, if you have badd habits or have not developed upper lip
> > flexibility, 20 years of Baermann 30 minutes a day won't help.
> >
> > Roger Garrett
> >
>
> What do you mean by 'upper lip flexibility'? I'm curious because I've
> been taught the upper lip shouldn't be moving during playing.
>
> -=Merlin Von Frankenberg
>
>