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Re: Breath support

Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2006-08-12 04:51

I was told way back as a beginner not to put my teeth on the mouthpiece. So I developed the habit of covering my upper teeth with my lip and plaed that way from my elementary school through HS band days. My band director and teacher both wanted us to cover our upper teeth slightly with our lip . . . "Do not chew your mouthpiece!" was something I often heard in those days.

I understand many clarinetists, even top pros, hold the mouthpiece between their lips with no teeth to mpc contact. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean it is correct . . . but, watch how many clarinetists in major orchestras flail their fingers like jumping jacks, a practice which would draw a stern rebuke from our teachers!

EuGene

Post Edited (2006-08-12 19:40)

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