Clarinet Embouchure -- Free Online Clarinet Lesson 1A
Definitions of Embouchure as related to clarinet: Embouchure – The placement of the lips, facial muscles, and jaw in the playing of wind instruments....The New Harvard Dictionary of Music Embouchure – The position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrumen....Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Embouchure – The positioning and shaping of the mouth, lips, and tongue in order to play wind instruments with good tone, true pitch, and proper attack....Harper’s Dictionary of Music Embouchure – The adjustment of a player’s mouth to such a mouthpiece....Dictionary.com The Clarinet Embouchure is very simple. Here are the instructions: 1. Put the clarinet in your mouth. 2. Blow
Simple, right? Well, not that simple. Anyone can sit down in front of a piano, place a finger on a key and make a sound. This is the same with a guitar or a percussion instrument. This is not saying those instruments are easy, however, clarinet is different in that, hand it to a complete novice, and they will either not make a sound or make a horrible sound. So, therefore, more instructions for the clarinet mouth formation are offered below. As there are numerous descriptions of the clarinet embouchure on the internet, in your method books, in music journals and from your clarinet teacher or band director, read them all and listen to your teachers. If you do not understand one description entirely, perhaps another perspective will give you a better understanding of it. Getting the embouchure formed correctly at the earliest possible time is very important for success on clarinet.
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MIRROR 1. Flatten your bottom lip and make sure the red part of your lip is over the ridge of your bottom teeth. (Pretend you are putting chap-stick on the lip). Avoid having the red part of your lip all on the inside of your teeth (or outside).
2. Along with the flattened lower lip, also notice your chin is flat or pointed as well. Do not allow strawberries or raspberries to form at the end of the chin. This berry motion has your chin squeezing in an upwards direction. Toning-up or flattening the chin has the skin of your chin moving in a downward position.
3. Place the clarinet mouthpiece in your mouth (reed down on the lower lip if you are a beginner). Set the reed on your lower lip and let it anchor down the flat, red part of the lip and keep the chin flat. Bring the top teeth down onto the top of the mouthpiece
4. Bite down with the top teeth onto the mouthpiece putting 1/4 inch of the mouthpiece into your mouth. Close your mouth around the mouthpiece like a drawstring. Close off the lips so air can only blow into the mouthpiece. Keep the chin flat.
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