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Re: How do YOU teach this

Author: kdk
Date: 2023-06-14 17:50

nellsonic wrote:

> Some players/teachers like Stephen Williamson of the Chicago
> Symphony believe in a very resistant set up. The considerations
> there are going to be much different. I don't think it's a good
> way to go for most, and I really don't think it's great for
> beginning to intermediate students who will need to bite quite
> heavily to make it work. Williamson's approach is considered
> "old school" by many, but there are many "old schools".

I've read this a number of times here. I've no doubt he plays this way, based on the accounts I've seen. But does anyone know if he teaches students (not young ones, of course, but at the college level) to do this? Or is it an approach he's found for himself in his individual situation but doesn't proselytize for?

Relating this to the original question, I suspect Williamson's approach *must* depend on very firm embouchure closure around the mouthpiece - heavy muscular "gripping" and not jaw clamping, which would almost certainly cause injury to the lower lip even with protection over your teeth (unless the protector were very thick).

Karl

Post Edited (2023-06-14 18:15)

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