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Author: Norma
Date: 2001-12-01 04:07
Can you still play the clarinet even if you have an overbite? How would the overbite affect the playing? I would really appreciate any info on this. Thanks!!
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Author: Norma
Date: 2001-12-01 04:09
whoops!! It might help if I had read some of the other threads first...
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-12-01 15:42
Norma -
Bernard Portnoy, who was principal in the Philadelphia Orchestra and teaches at Curtis and Juilliard, has a severe overbite. He compensates by holding the instrument almost vertical. Don't worry about it.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-12-01 15:44
True, Norma. I have quite an overbite and my main problem is in explaining why I play my horns at a different angle from others. Cant see that it hurts my playing, even tho being only "fairly good". Don
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Author: Bob
Date: 2001-12-01 17:56
In 1938 when the "music guy" came over to talk to my parents about my learning to play an instrument I told him I wanted to play trumpet. He told me to open my mouth which I did and when he saw my overbite he said I could never play trumpet. Luckily he just happened to have a clarinet with him which he said I could play with no problems. Well, I've had problems but none seem to be related to the overbite.....as far as I know.
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