Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2003/09

From: "Noel Taylor" <r.n.taylor@-----.uk>
Subj: [kl] embouchure
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 05:48:25 -0400

I've been reading many of the very expert descriptions about the =
position of
the lips and the tongue in recent weeks - hoping to rebuild my =
embouchure a
little and improve other areas of technique - and it's left me a little
confused. Some, for instance, have advocated tonguing from tongue tip to
read tip whilst others have provided slightly conflicting descriptions. =
In
my own case, using the double lip technique, my tongue just doesn't seem =
to
fit into a position where it can play exactly tip to tip with any =
comfort or
assurance. Today I found this web page -=20

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/5825/embouchure.htm

and, to me, it seems to make very clear why I am getting those =
conflicting
messages, and provides extremely clear advice that I can follow if I =
wish.
My assumption is that the conflicting information in the posts stems =
from
the undocumented differences in technique - described in terms of =
French,
American or German technique in this article - used by the person =
posting.
At the risk of renewing a subject that comes up on the list as regularly =
as
the tide I wonder if list members might comment on any flaws or =
otherwise -
in this article. If I follow the advice in the article it would appear =
that
my own tongue position is more or less standard for the double lip
technique, and yet following posts to the list I have been trying - if =
the
article is accurate - to adjust my tongue position as if I was using a
single lip embouchure.

=09
Noel Taylor
=09

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