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Re: Overblowing

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-01-26 01:00

Paul Aviles wrote:

> I find the fulcrum as it pertains to actually playing, by
> taking the mouthpiece into my mouth.

So, you don't consider the actual point of separation to be important.

>
> And NO, I would never recommend choking up on a harder reed.
> The solution in that scenario is to change to a softer reed,
> period.
>
I wasn't clear. You described the process: "Of course you CAN play much closer to the tip than closer to that fulcrum point but that is essentially damping more reed than necessary (less of a resonator) and you are effectively, dare I say 'biting,'...."

I know you weren't recommending this. My word "suggest" wasn't meant to mean "recommend." I should have said, "one way they can get around the response difficulty is to do exactly as you describe - take less reed and press more on it." I didn't read it as your recommendation. I apologize for the seeming mis-characterization. And I certainly don't recommend that, either, as a routine approach to embouchure.

Karl

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