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Re: Embouchure

Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-06-07 04:16

I play a long scrape reed and have no experience with the short scrape.

I tell my beginning students to tuck their lips over their teeth, then, while keeping them there, form a 'U' (similar to the disgusted "eewwww!").

Use as little reed as possible. If the reed simply won't vibrate, use a tiny bit more. Play the B - C interval (on the staff). If you are using too much reed, the interval will be too wide.

The correct embouchere and amount of reed will produce good intonation. Too much reed will result in loss of control and a bagpipe-like sound. You need to control the tip, and you do this by burying most of it in your lip.

Then relax. Your embouchere should be firm enough to support the reed, but you should be able to slide the reed from side to side across your lips as you sustain a tone. Obviously you will only have control in your preferred central spot, but the reed is not clamped in the jaw, but free to vibrate.

It's hard to describe this without the feedback of the student to balance the 'instructions'...

Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com

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