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Author: Meri
Date: 2005-01-26 20:14
Has anyone else had the experience of a student who sometimes had issues with tonguing before getting braces (especially jaw movement, particularly when staccato tonguing), and after getting braces, the jaw movement problems stop? I noticed a big improvement in this aspect of playing with one of my 15-year-old students, who seemed to have constant problems with tonguing before braces, but since he got them, there have been none--his staccato tonguing, especially is better than ever, very crisp and clean!
Meri
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Author: msloss
Date: 2005-01-27 12:39
It is not uncommon for players to tongue off the back of the teeth if not the roof of the mouth. I would imagine the irritation of the braces would be enough to compel your student to tongue off the reed rather than sharp metal. Once the mechanics are right, artifacts like jaw movement tend to diminish.
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Author: John Stackpole
Date: 2005-01-27 13:10
My experiences with braces (lo, those many years ago...) was that they were sharp and could aggrivate the sore lip syndrome. (Maybe braces technology has improved since midieval times.)
Have you found anything to protect the inner lower lip that seemed good? As noted elsewhere, I favor the little piece of foam "rubber" - cellulose, actually I suspect - cut from sheets that you can get at "arts & crafts" supply stores.
JDS
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Author: clarispark
Date: 2005-01-27 13:33
I played the clarinet for a year before I got braces. My tonguing did become quite crisp by the end of the time I had the braces taken off. I remember that I didn't want to break a reed every single day, and that I didn't like to touch my braces with my tongue or my mouthpiece, because it really hurt. It might be just that your student doesn't enjoy touching his braces with his tongue, or he's playing differently to make sure his reed doesn't come in contact with his braces. Hopefully when he gets more used to his braces (I'm assuming he got them on rather recently) he will keep playing in the way he's been doing it since the braces have been put on.
--Michelle
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Author: Iacuras
Date: 2005-01-27 23:46
I have braces, and got them in after 5 years of playing Clarinet. It did not improve my tounging because I also had an expander, which made me move my tounge in weird ways to hit the reed. It has also made my embouchere a little strange.
Steve
"If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon."
"If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly."
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Author: zzzzz
Date: 2005-02-06 13:26
I have played for 7 years before getting my braces and have only just realised that for all that time I had been tonguing off the roof of my mouth instead of touching the reed - thats sorted now... but still cant tongue very well!!! lots of strange sounds escaping recently...
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