Author: orchestr
Date: 2015-06-30 08:41
Thank you all for your comments, it's a lot of food for thought. Thank you as well, fernpod, for your firsthand knowledge.
The student feels movement in the top front two AND bottom front two teeth, but this still makes sense if the bottom teeth are the fulcrum. He is already playing with a double-lip embouchure, and still has some problems, but not as much as when he played single-lip. I've thought about the fulcrum idea as well and suggested he experiment with the angle of the clarinet, since the more it sticks straight out, the more diametrically opposed the teeth will be. Usually we try to specifically avoid this because that makes it easier to bite the reed closed, but in this case, I'd rather have him playing a little wrong than quitting altogether. Then hopefully, as he gets older, his jaw will become less pliable and his ligament will shrink.
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