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RE: Double lip questions

Author: Keil
Date: 2001-09-28 06:55

beejay is correct, as a double lipper myself i can tell you that the pain you're inflicting on yourself can be alleviated. What i find that helps is using wax paper or the cigarette paper as a cushion between your teeth and lips when you start feeling pain, also remember that the whole idea behind double lip embouchure is not to pinch and bite but to use your lips muscles for control not your jaw. I've been using double lip for a little under a year now and i love it, i have consecutive rehearsals too that last far longer than 2 hours and i feel no pain if anything i feel fatigue from having to control my lip muscles, my embouchure, for such a long period of time... (easily over 5 hours of playing)... thankfully for you it gets easier the more you use it... so continue using up, cushion the teeth when you start feeling pain and work those lip muscles not jaw... oh and btw... you do NOT form a callous in your mouth, maybe a little indention where your teeth go but that's about it... enjoy... double lipping is beautiful and to me it's one of the many hidden gifts behind clarinet playing... Ciao!

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