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Author: clarinerd10
Date: 2011-10-30 05:41
I have to dress up for halloween and bought a pair of vampire fangs to wear. Do you think it will be possible to play with them?
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Author: donald
Date: 2011-10-30 08:12
being the person who HAS the fangs, you're the best person to answer this question. eh?
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Author: kilo
Date: 2011-10-30 12:00
I had to do something similar once. It depends on the design of your 'fangs' — mine were made of soft rubber and it was no problem to trim the incisors enough to get my top teeth on the beak of the mouthpiece while allowing the hideous canines to remain visible on each side. If you use a double lip embouchure, however, you might have a problem.
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2011-10-30 20:36
There was a clarinet player once who really had fangs. His canine teeth were so large they jutted out of his mouth, particularly when he smiled. Unfortunately for him he learned to play clarinet from a teacher who taught the smiley clarinet embouchure. This made the teacher's students look very happy while they played, but not this fellow. He looked positively vicious, creepy, and violent when he played. This was at a time when orchestra auditions were not done behind screens, so he never got a playing job although he was known to outplay everyone. He had a warm, woody, covered, toothily penetrating sound. He finally gave up and only played clarinet around Halloween when his version of Danse Macabre was a favorite at costume parties. He also got bit parts on Television shows that featured the big bad wolf, White Fang, and various werewolves that played the clarinet.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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