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Re: Lower Lip Problems

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-06-11 13:09

I would go with more lip. There is less indurance of your initial method because there is only a very thin layer of flesh with capilaries and nerve endings between you and the reed on which you are pressing.

The solution to the corners is to think of the embouchure as a rubberband surrounding the entire mouthpiece. To achieve that you need to engage your upper lip muscles as much as your lower lip muscles as much as your cheek muscles........... ALL OF THEM. In your case the upper lip is missing entirely from the equation (and some cheek muscles).

.................Paul Aviles

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