Tom...I always remember you being a big fan of the double embouchure so I’m going to give it a try now I have time...hope you are well...I enjoyed our time at Leblanc
Hi Tom, thanks for this series, I look forward to the comming videos, especially as I've just started to try moving to double lip so this is very timely! Could you say some more about why open tip mouthpieces aren't a good choice for double-lip playing? Thanks
It's really simple; they are more difficult to control, especially playing softer dynamics in the higher parts of the clarinet's registers, and not as fluid in response throughout the pitch range. The closer mouthpieces also allow an important combination of ease of response while keeping more "wood" in the reed itself---providing a deeper, more "covered" tone quality.
Hi Tom, thanks for the informative video. I played double lip ever since I started playing the clarinet, accidentally. Apparently, my teacher was trying to teach me single lip, but I accidentally curled both lips! The issue I run into now is trying to play altissimo notes at a quiet dynamic. For example, I am working on the Debussy currently, and it hurts my lips to sustain those high notes at a pianissimo dynamic. My lips aren't bleeding, but they hurt a ton. Could this be a result of my mouthpiece being too open? It is a custom made mouthpiece with a tip opening of 1.07 mm. Should I try to find a mouthpiece with a closer tip? Also a slightly smaller issue is that my throat notes are sometimes quite airy. But I don't know if this has to do with mouthpiece or double lip. Thanks again, and looking forward to hearing back from you! --Ray Zhang
Oui bien sûr .... j'aimais beaucoup Harold Wright quand j'étais jeune et ne savais pas que l'embouchure française avait eu un impact sur lui comme beaucoup de clarinettistes de l'époque ... Cahuzac.....et bien d'autres ..maintenant écoutez Massimo Mazzone et Ivan Vilar Sanz double lip et j'en oublie ..... Que les clarinettistes concernés m'en excuse.....et vous serez convaincus
Very interesting video, thank you! I play tenor sax and soprano clarinet. I don't play classical. I've been playing double lip since 1994 and I'm very confortable playing this way. When I try to go back and play single lip (just to experiment) It goes impossible. One thing that is very hard to understand for me is the differences among the mouthpieces. I use a Vandoren B40 on my clarinet and I don't get any issues with It. Although I would like to try another kind of mouthpiece. Do you recomend M13 to me? What do you think of the B40? Thank you again William!
Nothing worse than looking for a piece of new equipment and not know what you're looking for. If you play jazz and your mouthpiece is working fine for you right now I wouldn't give any kind of search for a mouthpiece a single second of your thought or time.
@@danielirilarry The worst thing a player can do to their peace of mind and for their equipment is go on a mad search for a new piece of equipment with no idea of specifically what they're looking or trying to correct or improve. Just a general dissatisfaction is no reason to look for new equipment. Usually, if the dissatisfaction is vague and unspecific the first place to look is NOT equipment. The real problem will most likely be found behind the nose or the untrained and unsophisticated condition of those appendages you see sticking out on either side of your face when you look in the mirror. Go find a competent teacher (if you can find one--good luck with that). That's where to put your $$$, Rubles, of whatever. And then try practicing and actually thinking about what you're doing. (And for heaven's sake, try to listen to some decent music on occasion)! Yes, it's a crazy idea--but it might just work.
@@avarmadillo I didn't talk about dissatisfaction.. I don't understand what you mean.. I only talked about improving the mouthpiece. You don't know me, you don't know how I sound. I'm perplexed...
Tom...I always remember you being a big fan of the double embouchure so I’m going to give it a try now I have time...hope you are well...I enjoyed our time at Leblanc
Hi Tom, thanks for this series, I look forward to the comming videos, especially as I've just started to try moving to double lip so this is very timely!
Could you say some more about why open tip mouthpieces aren't a good choice for double-lip playing?
Thanks
It's really simple; they are more difficult to control, especially playing softer dynamics in the higher parts of the clarinet's registers, and not as fluid in response throughout the pitch range. The closer mouthpieces also allow an important combination of ease of response while keeping more "wood" in the reed itself---providing a deeper, more "covered" tone quality.
Hi Tom, thanks for the informative video. I played double lip ever since I started playing the clarinet, accidentally. Apparently, my teacher was trying to teach me single lip, but I accidentally curled both lips!
The issue I run into now is trying to play altissimo notes at a quiet dynamic. For example, I am working on the Debussy currently, and it hurts my lips to sustain those high notes at a pianissimo dynamic. My lips aren't bleeding, but they hurt a ton.
Could this be a result of my mouthpiece being too open? It is a custom made mouthpiece with a tip opening of 1.07 mm. Should I try to find a mouthpiece with a closer tip?
Also a slightly smaller issue is that my throat notes are sometimes quite airy. But I don't know if this has to do with mouthpiece or double lip.
Thanks again, and looking forward to hearing back from you!
--Ray Zhang
Oui bien sûr .... j'aimais beaucoup Harold Wright quand j'étais jeune et ne savais pas que l'embouchure française avait eu un impact sur lui comme beaucoup de clarinettistes de l'époque ... Cahuzac.....et bien d'autres ..maintenant écoutez Massimo Mazzone et Ivan Vilar Sanz double lip et j'en oublie ..... Que les clarinettistes concernés m'en excuse.....et vous serez convaincus
Very interesting video, thank you!
I play tenor sax and soprano clarinet. I don't play classical. I've been playing double lip since 1994 and I'm very confortable playing this way. When I try to go back and play single lip (just to experiment) It goes impossible.
One thing that is very hard to understand for me is the differences among the mouthpieces. I use a Vandoren B40 on my clarinet and I don't get any issues with It. Although I would like to try another kind of mouthpiece.
Do you recomend M13 to me?
What do you think of the B40?
Thank you again William!
Nothing worse than looking for a piece of new equipment and not know what you're looking for.
If you play jazz and your mouthpiece is working fine for you right now I wouldn't give any kind of search for a mouthpiece a single second of your thought or time.
@@avarmadillo well... you are right.. thank you
@@danielirilarry The worst thing a player can do to their peace of mind and for their equipment is go on a mad search for a new piece of equipment with no idea of specifically what they're looking or trying to correct or improve.
Just a general dissatisfaction is no reason to look for new equipment.
Usually, if the dissatisfaction is vague and unspecific the first place to look is NOT equipment. The real problem will most likely be found behind the nose or the untrained and unsophisticated condition of those appendages you see sticking out on either side of your face when you look in the mirror.
Go find a competent teacher (if you can find one--good luck with that). That's where to put your $$$, Rubles, of whatever. And then try practicing and actually thinking about what you're doing. (And for heaven's sake, try to listen to some decent music on occasion)!
Yes, it's a crazy idea--but it might just work.
@@avarmadillo I didn't talk about dissatisfaction.. I don't understand what you mean.. I only talked about improving the mouthpiece. You don't know me, you don't know how I sound. I'm perplexed...
Daniel Irilarry my comment wasn’t personal. It was made for anyone who might see this. It was for them- not you. Sorry. I thought you might get that.