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Re: Double-lip for beginner

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-31 05:50

We all have wicked bad habits to overcome when learning to play such a hard instrument. I was kind of lucky and had braces on my teeth and hated the pain of my teeth vibrating on the mouthpiece so I put my upper lip over the teeth.

Little did I know at that time I was actually developing a really nice sound and a good embouchure!

As far as the mirror goes I started using one in the 9th grade at a music school called Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan in the early 1970's and I still have one on my stand. By the time I left Interlochen I had the best sound out of the clarinet section and I got accepted into every school I auditioned for. I came really close to going to Eastman, but decided to go to Peabody, because that teacher had the best sound I'd ever heard. Gave me goose bumps. What a sound he had.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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