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Re: (upper) lip protection

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-05-29 18:39

Hi Matthieu,

I completely get what you mean, and there will be others on here who are way more qualified than me to comment.

I think the idea is that we grip the mp with only our lips and our teeth are not involved. There needs to be a fair amount of muscle development to do that.

I think that what Ken Legace said was that you should grip the mp. Then gently lift the top teeth off the mp, so they are then not placing pressure on your top lip. That's what I am doing it does seem to work.

The caveat is that it does take a lot of strenth in the top lip to do it.

I don't get pain in my top lip, but after a long period of playing, my top lip just stops being able to grip at all, and sometimes I just have to stop suddenly. It can even be four bars from the end of a piece of music, and I just have to stop, as my top lip has just given up.

There are a ton of people on here who are much much more experienced that me and will be able to explain. There are also lots and lots of other threads about this if you search. Or you can email and I am really happy to explain more off list.

I've just been playing for 5 years, and double lip for two years.

There are a lot of people who play single lip, and a lot who play double lip. It's a totally personal choice and will depend on works for you. There is no pressure from anyone else to do one or the other, if one way feels really right to you.

Jennifer

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