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Re: embouchure: opposing top & bottom teeth

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2010-02-13 16:25

Do you really mean LH 3rd finger??
For playing C above the stave its OK to use RH pinky on the f/C key to help stabilise the instrument and this should also work for any notes beween top line G and the C above - however you really just need to practise the DL to firm it up and provide the correct support.

I use a Vandoren Crystal mouthpiece most of the time and do find that it's additional weight changes the balance of the clarinet and provides a little downward pressure on the lower lip which I actually find useful.

However there is no substitute for developing a firmer embouchure especially the top lip, which should develop enough muscular strength to support and steady the mouthpiece and not rely on pressure transmitted down via the top teeth..
Playing in altissimo with DL should be no more difficult than with single.
Tounging is I admit a little harder (at least for me).

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