Klarinet Archive - Posting 001014.txt from 1999/09

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sore lips
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:37:47 -0400

I just knew it was an embouchure problem. I thik I need to put less
pressure of the horn on my bottom teeth.

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 U4Duemke@-----.com wrote:

> sore lips at intermediate or advance level of playing means wrong embouchure.
> This is my opinion after long years of playing and teaching.
> Try this warm -up:
>
> Play the deep notes (c - e) as loud as possible without the tongue (think
> Ha:, like HArlem, not Da:, a: like fAther). Then play Ha-da da-da (a:, like
> fAther),
> as loud as possible. Practise untill it works.
> Try the same but a little bit higher and press the overblowing- key (I don't
> know this word in english) but still blow the deep tones, as if you have not
> pressed the thumb key. For further advice, and it really
> works , I must find my dictonary.
>
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