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Re: Omniguard

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-09-06 19:31

SunnyDaze wrote:

> Hi SecondTry,
>
> What is it that is causing the pain? I just grip the mp with my
> lips and lift my top teeth off the top of the mp and that works
> for me. There is no pain.
>
> Jen

Hi Jen:

For me, like with single lip embouchure, the front teeth contact the inner side of the top lips in addition of course to the bottom lips as is the case for either single or double lip embouchure.

From years of play this does not hurt my bottom inner lip but it does my top inner lip because the top front teeth coming in contact with my tip inner gums---rather than the mouthpiece--is new.

This pain is not to be confused with muscle fatigue--which I also get--from playing durations with double lip embouchure, and I believe that time will alleviate as I develop muscle strength. I get no such fatigue (or pain) playing the single lip embouchure I've played for years.

The pain I experience is not immediate. It comes after about a minute of play and is exacerbated by taking the bell of the clarinet off my knee. Perhaps I am trying to making advancement with this new embouchure too fast. I've played this way about a month. Most of my work has been out of Kroepsch Studies #2, which feature short exercises conducive to limited time double lip play, followed by rest.

I like the sound I get with double lip. It's also solved some issues I've had with too strong an embouchure and voicing notes, particular (near) full fingered notes with the register key opened.

I play an M15 mouthpiece and #3 reeds--so on a relative scale, it's a setup involving relatively little jaw pressure.

Basically, I need a good protective device for my top two front teeth.

Thanks.

Post Edited (2021-09-06 19:34)

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