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 Re: Lower Lip, upper Lip
Author: HautboisJJ 
Date:   2006-10-03 04:13

Interesting....

From what i and many of my teachers have been observing on myself for the past few weeks, i tend to use too much lower lip, which spells disaster when it comes to stamina and flexibility, but as you can imagine, this is a vice versa situation and after weeks of working on tucking in more upper lip and making it work for me, walla! The effects are enormous, and now i can play much more than before.

I myself do not believe in such a thing as a upper/lower lip player because of the nature of the reed itself. Obviously it is a double reed and we scrape both sides equally. I remember a topic from months back mentioning about how dependence on one side of the lip can be advantageous in some aspects (e.g. reed resting on upper lip -> easier soft notes), but i strongly believe that this is technique and flexibility, rather than a permanent distinguished position for reed placement.

I take in little reed, which, i suppose in the US is phillyish, haha. I have a similar situation with you, much more lower lip, BUT, i assume not as serious as the situation you might have. In this case i dare not try to ask of you to try anything but i hope you can 'realise' something from my previous paragraphs. All the best!



Post Edited (2006-10-03 04:17)

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