Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 2004/01

From: "Thomas" <thomas@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: learning doubling instruments
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:11:54 -0500

Not sure who:<<<Somebody help me out here. One of the little "truths" or
truisms
I've heard for several years is that the surest way for a single-reed
play to mess up his (or her) embouchure is with a flute, and vice versa.
They are, I was told, largely incompatible.>>>

Well, that's a crock. I have also studied flute for many years and NEVER
had a problem with my clarinet embouchure!!!!!!!!!

They are two totally different embouchures - and the muscles are used in
totally different ways - but they are not adverse to each other!!!

Edwin >> To me, the only incompatibility that one encounters is when
switching from oboe to flute. The oboe requires so much muscular exertion
that it tends to reduce the
flexibility of the lips that is required for flute. It takes a while to
make the adjustment. Going the other way, from flute to oboe is not so
much a problem.<<

I totally agree with this - if you do not have the ability to relax your
embouchure, you might have a problem going to flute from the clarinet. But
then again, in order to play flute with a good sound, one usually needs to
warm up 10 minutes or more anyway (if I play clarinet before hand, I need 20
minutes or more LOL, must be the double lip). So maybe this person thought
they could just pick it up and Magically sound like Galway?

But for this reason, I tend to teach flutes Before clarinets in my lesson
schedule. ;)

Lynn

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