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Re: cause of biting

Author: cbordian
Date: 2016-11-20 22:40

In addition to the answers so far, consider your tongue position -- the ol' 'eee' versus 'aah'. If your air speed is being robbed before it gets to the mouthpiece opening then you could be subconsciously biting to make up for that. It becomes especially pronounced when you get above the top-line F. It's important to keep the throat relaxed at the same time as raising the tongue. You should be able to move through the range of the clarinet without having to change your embouchure or tongue position (except maybe altissimo, but stay out of there while working on this). Also, the upper lip is very important (another way of saying some of the other things said in this thread). I never understood how the upper lip could play a role, being nowhere near the reed, but have since realized that the downward pressure of the upper lips supports the corners around where the mouthpiece fits in the embouchure.
There are lots of YouTube videos on this.

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