Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 1999/02

From: DHmorgan@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Embouchure question
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:34:43 -0500

In a message dated 2/2/99 6:21:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
rgarrett@-----.edu writes:

<< His article also refers to a very important issue - that of using the
right thumb to support the instrument against the top teeth. Your
description above suggests that you are not doing that. Two ways of
supporting the instrument - 1) thumb supports rest; 2) thumb pushes
clarinet against the upper teeth providing a second supporting point.
They should both be in effect all the time.>>

O.K., thanks--that makes things clearer for me. I think I was doing this,
actually, but now I know it recommended.

<>

Yippee! That was my burning question--I must have missed this discussion in
my archive search, but I'll do a more specific search and see if I find it.

<<His [Tom's] article discusses lower lip/jaw as a structural issue - and
while it
seems a bit ambiguous to someone who may have difficulty with embouchure,
it is not to people who teach and perform!>>

I'm a writer, and if I may weigh in on an issue within my area of expertise,
my goal is to write in such a way as to communicate with people who DON'T
already know what I'm talking about--not those who do. :-)

Thanks Again,
Don

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