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Re: Double lip

Author: donald
Date: 2020-11-24 04:26
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I played double lip until after my grade 8 exam in 1983, and can still swap between them with ease.
I pretty much agree with the comments made by Tony Pay (I was at CCM when Campione taught there but never spoke with him about double lip. My friend studied with him, and on her own initiative played double for about 6 months but in the end changed back to single. I only read his book many years later and found his comments edifying).
In "the old days" when I had a poor embouchure I used to notice a difference in tone quality, and would play double in practise sessions to correct flaws. This was very effective, and I've found it has also helped students to experiment with this a number of times over the years.
These days (I hope) I've improved my embouchure to something more ideal, and find the difference between the two much less noticeable. Like Mr Pay I've used double on historic instruments, and found it advantageous.
I don't personally have a problem with upper lip pain when playing double lip, but do find the instability of the instrument (even with a steeper angle) a bit irritating, this would really be my only reason for making single lip my choice.
So, long and short of it is that I would mainly use double lip embouchure as a teaching tool with select students.
As for using it in concerts, I sometimes switch to it in the middle of a piece, you're not going to believe this, but the last time was for the passage attached..... (I find it easier to voice the altissimo with double lip, the lack of fff is just me being cautious in rehearsal)

Post Edited (2020-11-24 12:22)

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