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Author: Leslie
Date: 2000-07-09 23:47
I heard that if you play clarinet and switch to trumpet, it would ruin your embouchure. Is that true? By the way, I don't want to switch. I was just wondering.
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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2000-07-10 07:18
I asked this question a long time ago when I bought my trumpet. The general opinion seemed to be:
1. The two instruments use your lips in quite different ways. Clarinet requires a stiff upper lip and a numb lower lip. Trumpet requires flexible lips.
2. All clarinet teachers believe that trumpet playing will ruin your clarinet embouchure.
3. Some people have tried it and got away with it.
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Author: kohei
Date: 2000-08-04 01:47
From my limited experience, I don't see any damage done to the embouchure for either instrument. I hold clarinet very flexibly, (though firmly, of course) since I'd like to have more relaxed freedom there when playing altissimo. Perhaps, relaxed, but firm embouchure is the key to the ability to adjust readily to trumpet?
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Author: Nick C.
Date: 2000-10-18 21:11
I play both trombone and bass clarinet (though somewhat more limitedly: I've played trombone for six years and clarinet for one), and neither has done any damage to the other's embouchure from what I've seen.
However, perhaps the trumpet embouchure has a slight difference from what a trombone player would need. Having had limited experience with it, I wouldn't be too sure.
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Author: CR4E
Date: 2000-12-02 18:42
I've been playing clarinet for a few years and i took up trumpet about 6 months ago. At first, it was really hard to switch embourches, but you get used to it.
Viva la clarinets!
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