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Re: Double Lip Embouchure

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-11-27 22:37

Chris P wrote:

> I just tried a double lip embouchure expecting it to be buzzy
> and flat - but it wasn't at all - the sound was almost the same
> (if not slightly sweeter) and just as in tune as if I was using
> my normal clarinet embouchure.
>
> Probably as I'm used to playing oboe and cor I didn't find it
> difficult, and it's not easy to see if someone is using a
> double lip embouchure or not (I checked in a mirror) as only a
> tiny bit of top lip covers the teeth - in a similar manner to
> oboe/cor embouchure.
>
> But to me the clarinet didn't feel all that well supported as I
> use my top teeth to push against - I felt I needed to support
> more from my bottom jaw.

I find about the same results when I try double lip. And I also dislike the lack of support and that the mouthpiece can have more of a tendency to roll slightly in/out of the mouth making it that much more/less reed in my mouth.

I ordered a neckstrap and perhaps with the neckstrap it'll offer enough support to give the double lip embouchure a little more stability. But I certainly have quite a few things to work with in the upcoming weeks (checking out new reeds, getting a crystal mouthpiece refaced, ordered another one out of curiousity, neckstrap, etc. etc.) And I try to change ONE thing at a time in order to have a good "control" on my experiments.

Alexi

US Army Japan Band

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