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Re: Portnoy on Embouchure

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-11-17 00:03

While you're at it, why not also try pulling a little of your upper lip over the upper teeth to try double lip embouchure? When the chalumeau and 5-key boxwood clarinets were the standard everybody played double lip. But they also played with the mouthpiece in what is today thought of as an"upside down" position, with the reed pressing against the upper lip. Many early clarinetists were recruited from the ranks of oboists, and they most likely protected the upper lip from pressure cuts by a tooth covering (as many do today).

Some video introductions for double lip playing to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Morales+Clarinet+Embouchure

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Clarinet+Mentors+Lesson+Double+Lip+Embouchure

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=William+Ridenour+How+to+Play+Double+Lip+Embouchure.

The last one is in three parts. Ridenour studied with Kal Opperman who learned double lip from Ralph McLane, as did Harold Wright. There is also an old issue of Clarinet that features an article on that technique by McLane that you might like to read. It makes a nice complement to the Portnoy article.

Some excellent players such as Mitchell Lurie and Tony Pay have said they never played double lip because they had sharp upper teeth or a short upper lip. So it is hardly necessary, but many have found that it adds color to the tone.

Post Edited (2018-11-17 06:49)

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