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Re: embouchure/ tone question

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2016-03-24 08:31

Sorry - I missed the part about the upcoming audition. I certainly wouldn't advocate extensive double-lip playing for your current situation, but a few minutes of it a day might still be helpful, if it works for you. Some people are indeed anatomically unsuited to double-lip - you might be one of them. Just be thankful that you live in a century in which the clarinet is played with the reed on the bottom. It wasn't always everywhere so.

Generally *less* pressure and more mouthpiece are helpful with altissimo issues you might encounter in the Brahms (not super-altissimo). It's easy to close up the reed with too much pressure and then the notes don't speak. It can be somewhat counter-intuitive until you get it. If you are not already using as much mouthpiece as you productively can - try that.

Anders

Post Edited (2016-03-24 08:36)

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