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Re: Double lip question

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-05-19 02:16

JasonOlney wrote:

> I only have a small sliver of upper lip and use my knees and a
> neckstrap for additional support.

This makes a lot of difference. For those players who heroically insist that you should practice double lip standing with only standard right thumb support (e.g. Ralph McLane, I think), playing DL is bound to cause pain until a callous has formed. Most DL players I know (e.g. Harold Wright) do most or (by choice) all of their playing sitting and support the clarinet most often by resting the bell on one knee.

Some purists don't like that.

To smill01, do you practice sitting or standing?

Karl

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