Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 2001/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] embouchure woes
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:44:12 -0500

I am not sure it makes much sense without the pictures, but instead of
pulling the corners of the mouth out in a smile (which is what I was taught
in the late 1950s) the corners are drawn in as if you were making an "oo"
sound.

Gary

At 12:17 PM 3/17/01, you wrote:
>Gary,
>
>This sounds like a book I should have! In the meantime, is there any way you
>can explain briefly his main point? I actually don't think of smiling when
>I play, but the muscles around the mouth still need to support the reed, and
>some of these muscles are the ones that also are involved in smiling. So I
>was making reference to what muscles seem to get fatigued earliest, rather
>than my style of embouchure. However, I can try to pay attention to whether
>in fact I can smile less and thereby reduce fatigue in these muscles.
>
>Stewart
>
>
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>From: "Gary Van Cott" <gary@-----.com>
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>Subject: Re: [kl] embouchure woes
>
>
> > Larry Guy, in his book Embouchure Building for Clarinetists, has a section
> > entitled "American Clarinetist Never Smile (While They Play)." I was
> > taught the smile too, but Larry says "The 'smile' embouchure, once fairly
> > common, has fallen into disfavor among clarinetists in America, because it
> > invites air leakage, affords less control of the reed, and tends to allow
> > the sound to spread and flatten out."
> >
> > I have found it easy to change to an embouchure along the lines of what
> > Larry recommends since my chin position was already ok.
> >
> > Gary
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> > At 11:49 AM 3/17/01, you wrote:
> > >Karl,
> > >
> > >Thanks for your thoughts. I feel the problem in the muscles in the
>dimple
> > >of my "smile." After a short time it goes into fatigue and I can't hold
>the
> > >embouchure.I don't remember the name of this muscle. It could be
>excessive
> > >tension somewhere, but it never has been a problem in the past so I don't
> > >this is the case, but....
> > >
> > >Stewart
> >
> >
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