Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2002/10

From: "Gillian Craven" <gillian_craven@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lower Jaw Pain
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:13:43 -0400

thanks for the advice ! i have never tried double lip. I imagine it would
take a lot of getting used to after playing a different way for so long. My
teacher has never suggested it. Might give it a go !

Gillian

>From: MVinquist@-----.com
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Lower Jaw Pain
>Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 06:35:23 EDT
>
>Gillian -
>
>Have you tried playing double lip? I've been playing that way for years
>and
>wouldn't go back. I can think of several possible benefits for your
>problem:
>
>1. It keeps you from biting.
>
>2. It changes your jaw position to a little more open, getting it to a
>place
>that's different from where it had been cramping.
>
>3. It makes you support the reed with your lips, thus taking some of the
>work off your jaw.
>
>It costs nothing and could be worth trying.
>
>Best regards.
>
>Ken Shaw
>
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