Author: brycon
Date: 2021-09-21 18:48
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I mean sure, double lip has the advantages of preventing a player from biting, and forces light fingers...
An embouchure alone doesn't do either of these things. You can easily close somewhat the hinge of jaw while playing with a double-lip embouchure. Indeed, several online clarinet personalities who swear by double-lip embouchure have, to my ears, incredibly small and tight sounds. And I have no idea how an embouchure would have an appreciable effect on your fingers. It sounds as though some double-lip salesman out there is doing a bang-up job.
The whole thing, though, reminds me of an argument in Aristotle's Ethics in which he's debunking Plato's "Idea of the Good." Aristotle says, in paraphrase, "If what Plato says is the key to it all, why isn't everyone out there following him?" And if double-lip embouchure gives you better technique, more resonance, eliminates biting ("And if you try double lip now, we'll throw in an additional two shamwows!"), why doesn't every professional clarinet player use it? Pretty easy: it doesn't do any of that stuff; you do (or do not do) that stuff with dedicated practice, experimentation, critical listening, getting feedback from colleagues, etc.
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