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Re: Proper Alignment of the Mouthpiece

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-05-04 19:02

Well I did during the approximately ten year period use the rotation of the mouthpiece to experiment with key position. But after a month or so flirting with a certain "feel," I always went back to what did at the time for the moisture path.

If you think about it, the right hand is pretty much married to the clarinet. Sure you can change some things up a bit, but most of the "change" for finger-to-key
relationship is on the left.

If you're willing to address how far up your right elbow goes (and trust me, that is NOT an easy habit to take on), you have a lot of flexibility about the rotation of the clarinet and ultimately how to rotate the mouthpiece.

And I do want to stress getting the horizontal plane right has much more affect on the "light" embouchures out there.

And with cane being more forgiving (you can stress cane in more ways and still get really good results) than plastic reeds, the Legeres also benefit to a greater degree with the proper attitude of the mouthpiece.

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

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