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Major Problem With Braces and Embouchure, PLEASE HELP!

Author: Exiawolf
Date: 2014-09-18 06:43

Greetings! Recently out of the blue I've been having problems with my embouchure. Whenever I play, my lower lip slowly starts sliding off due to my lower braces and eventually pinch the reed causing a massive squeak. This problem has always been there, but I fought it by putting more lip over my teeth. After being pushed by my private instructor to use less lip due to it dampening vibrations in the altissimo, this has just pushed it even further. I got so mad today at not only my tone, but also the difficulties I was having in almost every register because of my lower lip. What am I doing wrong? Have any of you ever had this problem before?

PS: I've played my entire clarinet career (4 years) with braces on so I don't know how it feels to play without them.

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