Klarinet Archive - Posting 000679.txt from 1998/11

From: "Lars Borup" <l-borup@-----.dk>
Subj: [kl] Sv: [kl] Double rip embouchure
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:32:38 -0500

>>>Does anyone knows contemporary clarinettists who plays by double lip
>>>embouchure? I know only two:Ralph McLane and Harold Wright.
>>>
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>>Richard Stoltzman also plays with a double lip embouchre.
>>
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>I believe Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr (a former classmate of Stoltzman's?) =
does
>also. That would be a couple of strong recommendations for the =
technique,
>although it does tear apart both the upper and lower lips--hence the =
term
>"double rip embouchure."
>
>Steve Heinemann
>Bradley University
>sjh@-----.edu

I do! - and that with a lovely comfort.=20
I started with single lip, but under influence of my teacher, Tage =
Scharff, who again was a pupil of Aage Oxenvad (Nielsen Concerto), I =
soon without any problems changed to double lip finding that it in every =
aspect was better to me. More flexibility, bigger sound and a feeling of =
freedom in tone production was the result, and absolutely no biting. And =
so I have played for 33 years until now.

In Denmark several professional clarinettists play with double lip =
embouchure, and many of my own pupils have with great success made the =
change.

My best regards

Lars Borup
Principal Clarinetist Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Denmark
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark
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