Klarinet Archive - Posting 000490.txt from 1999/05

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Embouchure formation (was: Intonation Problems)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 02:20:22 -0400

On Tue, 11 May 1999, Paulette W. Gulakowski wrote:

> Thanks, Ed, for your input. My recollection is that I was able to
> maintain the flat chin emb w/o tiring but that that was the mushy
> sound and what others considered bunchy emb was cleaner in my case.
> That's why the prof let me play the juries that way. (Some were
> "blind" juries, too) I do believe in flat chin, just can't make it
> sound the way I want - ear or not.

Don't forget that when you change embouchures, you will also have to
change reeds, and eventually, you may want to change mouthpieces, too.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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