Author: NBeaty
Date: 2017-08-11 20:07
Karl,
What part of clarinet playing isn't problematic? =) Of course it's best to have someone who knows what they're doing visually/aurally observe the person to confirm they are doing things correctly, but unfortunately that's not always possible for a variety of reasons (money, accessibility, etc.).
However, I would argue that keeping it simple for those who don't have strong fundamentals yet is advisable. I would argue that many of us tend to over-complicate these issues anyway, leading to embouchure shapes that could be best described as "unique"...
"...can become problematic". Sure, you can do this technique and still screw it up. However, it's a simple concept that is simple to implement to get the basic embouchure shape. Even if it doesn't work in changing a persons embouchure on the spot (although it has worked 100% of the time in making at least some improvement with my students as well as myself so far), it does help to solidify the concept. Establishing the concept will help to ensure that over the long-term, improvements towards the goal will be made.
It is worth noting that when I say 100% of the time improvements were made, they were made before any followup beyond "blow into this straw with an ooo shape, now do the same thing with the clarinet with your bottom lip rolled over the bottom teeth". Of course, subsequent comments and suggestions help further, but improvements can be made with no more information than that.
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