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Re: Converting to double lip embouchure

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2019-11-23 19:51

If you meant altissimo notes, above C6, then maybe voicing needs adjustment. It's possible that with single lip you had been relying on biting or extra lower jaw pressure toward the reed to control altissimo notes, and with double lip you almost automatically don't bite that way (because it hurts.) Those altissimo notes don't need any extra pressure from the embouchure at all, zero. The tongue does the voicing; keep the tongue arched or high along it's whole length, i.e. flexed, not flabby at any point. Do that right, and support the reed enough so it can vibrate freely, and those notes float out sweet and in tune.

Reduction of biting or unwanted lower jaw force is one of the common benefits of switching to double lip. Unnecessary lower jaw use can interfere in many ways, and by reducing it you can indeed get better tone, better legato, and better articulation. Single lip players who don't have lower jaw interference can of course achieve those things as well.

Here is a useful opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZUOfN-wQEY

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