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Re: embouchure recovery

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-10-10 11:22

Hi! Nice pics! Well done! Maybe others will pop in. I hope they do. What I see is a decent embouchure and I think I'd like to see you try a double lip for maybe 5 minutes a day for a week and get back to us. Let us know how both lips feel - Tired, hurt, no change? If you don't have issues maybe add a few minutes a day.

Your lips might look a bit weak, but surely OK from having struggles with braces. One of my teachers said he played with a double lip embouchure for several years but then went back to a single lip saying that once your embouchure is set you can play whatever way you feel is best. This was Robert Marcellus. I was with him part time. My full time teacher was Iggie Gennusa who played with a double lip embouchure all of the time. Well both players were GREAT. If you can get a copy of the Mozart Concerto with Robert Marcellus and the Cleveland Orchestra, this will be a great guide to a wonderful sound concept. There of course are many other fine recordings, but for some reason I like to refer people to this recording. I think it has to do with the conductor and the Cleveland Orchestra.

I actually play with a double lip and I started playing because the vibrations of the mouthpiece hurt my teeth when I had braces. Little did I know that this turned out to be a great thing.

If it were me I'd probably pick the Wodkowski mouthpiece. I've heard really good things about his refacing and his actual mouthpieces. I haven't played any yet. He went to Yale Music and studied with David Shifrin who is one heck of a gifted player. Maybe in the genius level of the worlds best living clarinetists. So I'm sure Wodkowski completely understands sound and articulation, the 2 subjects you were asking about. Shifrin would make sure all of his students have a keen understanding of not just sound but the whole clarinet. Yes Shifrin and I know each other pretty well, We studied at some of the same music high school and had a couple of the same teachers. Find a few recordings of him too!

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

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