Author: Paul Globus
Date: 2008-10-02 18:21
I have played double lip for decades and do so almost exactly as Tom Ridenour describes. I can also play single lip using the same technique of forming the aperture first.
I think your question about scraping the teeth on the top of the mouthpiece while it is being inserted is a bit of a misunderstanding on your part (although I can see how anyone could come to that conclusion).
What Tom Ridenour is saying is that you form the embouchure first, then, as Mr. Pay says, "move the mouthpiece in until it is snug." That's how it works. So you're not sliding the mouthpiece in, you're inserting it until it is snug.
The only difference between the final result, a double or single lip embouchure, is that in the latter, the teeth touch (or press to some degree or other) onto the top of the mouthpiece. Everything else is identical.
As a single lip player, if you find that your teeth tend to scrape as your insert the mouthpiece, open your mouth a tiny bit more. Then close it to form your embouchure.
Incidentally, regarding mouthpiece patches and double lip, I play without one but can also play with one. I doesn't seem to matter in my case. For single lip players, however, I would think it matters more as the feeling of the teeth on a bare mouthpiece can be unpleasant.
Hope this helps.
Post Edited (2008-10-02 18:28)
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