Klarinet Archive - Posting 001381.txt from 2000/06

From: Spike Spiegel <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset embouchure
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:22:11 -0400

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, William Wright wrote:

> Sloppy language on my part. Perhaps "bunched chin and rounder
> embouchure with more mouthpiece in the mouth" is a better description?

The amount of mouthpiece in the mouth is ALWAYS proportional to the size
of the mouthpiece. (I think something like that should be common sense,
but I've been proven wrong, unfortunately, by many people who are amazed
that you have to take in 'so much' mouthpiece when playing bass. *shrug*)

However, no matter what clarinet or saxophone you play, the chin should
certainly not be bunched - the proper clarinet embouchure (in general,
there are of course, variations) generally involves a pulled down, firmed
chin - and this goes for all clarinets and saxophones, unless you're one
of those anomolies.

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
-Miyagi-san, KKpt.II

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