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Re: (upper) lip protection

Author: symphony1010
Date: 2023-06-25 18:27

I dropped in on this forum after not visiting for many years and have been concerned to see so much focus on 'double-lip'.

In truth I know not one single top-end player in the UK who uses it. I have noticed a tendency amongst inexperienced players to see some new or resurrected pathway as a possible holy grail and this thread seems to reveal it!

My advice to students and particularly amateur players would be to observe how the majority of first-rate players choose to play and don't be distracted by a few exceptions. In addition if you hear someone seeming to talk authoritatively but they make an awful sound themselves you have your answer! There are a lot of examples on YouTube, including some names mentioned in this thread!

My playing history is one of training at the Royal College of Music where I won the Thurston Prize for clarinet. I have played with most of the BBC orchestras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Bournemouth Symphony. I am now 67 and I don't recall any colleagues even considering double lip.

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