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Re: Tongue Position

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-02-09 08:37

The aperture as I see it IS created by the tongue position. Relaxed is fine. I only find things objectionable when one uses an "AHHHH" or "OOOOOO" tongue position. In either case instead of decreasing the size of the aperture through which the air travels in the mouth, you are occluding the passage of air from the throat with the back of the tongue........not good.

The other part of this that I find helpful is using the tip of the tongue to the tip of the reed for articulation. You can see that when it is off the reed the tip of the tongue being in close proximity to the tip of the reed is the final ingredient to focusing the air at "the target."

Anyway, this makes the system most efficient. If you get great results in less efficient ways that only means you don't mind working harder.

...............Paul Aviles

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