Klarinet Archive - Posting 000593.txt from 2000/08

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Embouchure secret...
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:26:42 -0400

<><> Andrea wrote:
If you blow up the skin beneath the mouthpiece (the "chamber" in front
of the lower teethes) the sound become more round, "plump" and sweet.

My comment, and I'm still learning, is that what really counts is
having a 'roundish' embouchure rather than a 'flat slit' embouchure.
The usual way of describing this is to imagine pulling the corners
of your mouth inwards as if tightening a purse string, but since
different people visualize in different ways, sometimes this image
doesn't work.
I suppose that puffing out your lower lip could have this
'rounding' effect; but in general, puffing out your cheeks or lips means
looser muscles and a leaky embouchure that doesn't apply even pressure
across the entire reed and unfocused air with less breath support and
less movement of air.
Therefore, IMO, it's a "bad thing."

Cheers,
Bill

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