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Author: Katrina
Date: 2010-11-05 16:13
To answer your first question: We teachers do not have Xray vision to see what is actually going on in the mouth. However, given what you've described I'm surprised your teachers didn't take you back to the first steps of embouchure formation, i.e. "Put about half of the pink part of the lower lip over your teeth, rest the reed on that and then put your top teeth on the top of the mouthpiece."
Second question: Elementary _band_ teachers do not have the same goal as a private teacher does. They are looking for a way to get a good band sound, and there are times where "minor" imperfections would take too much time away from that goal. However, an elementary-level private teacher should take the time to fix this stuff.
Third question: I'm not sure about the physics of it, but the reed needs a certain amount of support and pressure from the bottom lip. That may account for the difference in tone you're experiencing, but there may be something else involved too.
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suavkue |
2010-11-05 15:59 |
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Re: Issues of Pedagogy, and on the lower lip... |
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Katrina |
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