Klarinet Archive - Posting 000932.txt from 1999/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re; Embouchure pressure - was pain
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:22:32 -0400

mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:07:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [kl] re: bottom lip pain Dave, everything else "being equal
and straight upfront" I am knoiw you are right. BUT, if you have a little
bit of crooked ... or in my case ONE TOOTH sticking out in front, it kinds
throws a KINK into things. ((The "message" is to pull those wisdom teeth
before they start PUSHING other teeth significantly; even after we pull
wisdom teeth the other teeth can still continue to move becauae of the
PRIOR PUSH they got.)) My dentist GRINS thinking about the "4K solution". I
wear my 30mil plastic retainer over my bottom 5 middle teeth and it works
well. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
bottom lip pain

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Yup, but Gigliotti has the most crooked bottom teeth you would ever want to
see. He is the one who stopped me from biting, and said that the crooked
teeth can still play fine without pain if the player does not bite. Terri
pointed out that there are styles of playing where there is much embouchure
pressure, but possibly a player who has pain playing that way may want to
consider a style that does not have that kind of pressure. Bite, if it
works cool - but if it doesn't , then change the approach - I'm glad I did
myself (I was a Johnsons and Johnsons first aid tape person for my bottom
teeth).

David Blumberg
playit@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com

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