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Re: How To Play Double Lip in 3 Easy Lessons

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-10-08 03:29

I think the discussion about double lip is very interesting and educational. I play single lip my self but have no problem with someone playing double lip if it makes them sound or articulate better. I often ask students to try doing it for a short time when working with them with their embouchure, for any number of reasons. I find it also helps students relax if their biting, helps them develop the use of their upper lip when they go back to single lip and actually helps open their throat. Although few of my students ever decided to use double lip I don’t encourage or discourage it, it’s what works best for them. My general philosophy of teaching and playing the clarinet. I’ve worked with Iggy Gennusa who played double lip when he was the principal in the BSO and he had a beautiful tone but I also know many players that sound wonderful playing single lip. I also know of players playing single or double lip whose tone quality I dislike, so it’s even. One interesting story is that when I studied with Anthony Gigliotti for a while he advocated using a rubber mouthpiece pad so the top teeth would not touch the mouthpiece and keeping the upper lip folded into the top of the mouthpiece so it would simulate playing double lip. The thing was, I really didn’t like his tone but he still had a lot to offer as a teacher. I never could get used to the rubber pad so I never used one but I loved the part about the use of the top lip. ESP www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 Listen to a little Mozart, single lip

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