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Re: Embouchure

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-05-25 14:16

Mark,

Have you read Jay Light's "Essays for Oboists"? I believe that he addresses the embouchure technique that you are outlining here. Short answer, he recommends it.

What I like these days is to actually "feel" my embouchure. If I can feel my lips just easily creating a seal all around the reed (minimal pressure), and then consciously open my back teeth (i.e., drop my jaw) and start the air, I get really good response, intonation, tone -- the whole kit.

I think this is a variant on "playing against the resistance of the reed," with the added twist of also playing against the shape of the reed. It's an "embrace" of the reed, rather than some attempt to make the reed and embouchure conform to some Platonic ideal of the perfect embouchure. Very Zen.

Susan

P.S. Jay Light's book is widely available. Google it.

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