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Re: Why a revelation?

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2006-01-17 09:04

Liquorice wrote:

>> I'm not quite sure I agree with (3) of the argument. What if you have a particularly long/short upper lip, or short/long upper teeth?>>

Well, if they're 'particularly' something, then I suppose that's another way of saying you're not typical.

>> In my case I have a very short upper lip and fairly long upper teeth. I can hardly get my upper lip over the teeth. The symmetrical position for the lower lip would not have enough lip covering my lower teeth.>>

Yes, like me. The fact that I couldn't have been comfortable with such a small top wrap would have stopped me from being a double-lip player.

>> It just seems like quite a big generalization to assume that playing double lip would find the "correct" lower lip placement for most clarinetists.>>

I suppose 'most' clarinettists are typical, by definition. And after all, there's some latitude in the use of the word 'correct' here. In (2) I said "about the right bottom wrap." And the symmetry isn't exact, either -- it's more of a tendency to be symmetric, enough to avoid the common fault of an exaggerated bottom wrap.

Part of why all this exercises me is the thought of those people for whom double-lip isn't suitable, like us. Campione was wondering why double-lippers tended to find the optimal configuration of their lower lip more easily and quickly, not saying that double-lip is suitable for everyone.

Why did you say it was (3) that you were uncertain of, rather than (2)?

Tony

Post Edited (2006-01-17 13:40)

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