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Re: Ancient Mouthpieces

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2018-08-01 04:32

I like to play with the mouthpiece upside to break up boredom every now and then. There's only so many times I can play Patton's Theme and not be bored so I try out something different.

Double lip, stick clarinet WAY out to get a decent angle of air and articulation, and an understanding that it is going to feel EXTREMELY wierd and not sound good (cause you're not used to it). Don't strike the tongue down, but strike forward like a snake strike to the tip of the reed (when I fool around with it, my tongue hits the reed AND mouthpiece tip and I feel the rounded plastic as well as cane...much like putting your hand flat onto a garden hose)

Its not impossibly, just inefficient, especially if you've spent so much time working on reed down playing.

Alexi

US Army Japan Band

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