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Re: Pinky Tuscadero

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-03-05 02:09

SecondTry wrote:

> I should have added up front, but wrongly forgot to, that
> assuming a double lip embouchure temporarily can help alleviate
> these issues...and yet, I really don't think I am biting.

Oddly enough (perhaps) it was a squeaking issue back in my 20s that led me to experiment with double lip in the first place and eventually to switch entirely. But my squeaks weren't happening within legato, only on the "attack" of the initial note of a passage, whether the passage was legato or staccato.

It doesn't just stop (or at least discourage) biting. It subtly reshapes the inside of your mouth, which I found made those squeaks of long ago disappear more or less instantaneously.

> Perhaps I can take in more mouthpiece and that might address
> this, but I am already taking in the most I can (and I can take
> in more without squeaking if I remember to grab the mouthpiece
> on all sides) without squeaking or tonal compromise.
>
Grabbing the mouthpiece on all sides is part of the benefit of double lip - and it's the part you can also emulate with single lip. Many players use DL as a model to set up their SL embouchures.

If it helps...

Karl

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