Clarinet Live Training - EMBOUCHURE DRILLS with Michelle Anderson & Dr. Kornel Wolak (see timeline below video)
Here is a timeline to help you refer to the exact exercises you may want to focus on during your practise sessions. We recommend you watch the entire training, and then return to specific exercises later. You can buy the book as a download, or hard copy, using the link below.
Beginning - Introduction, and definition of embouchure terms
25:18 Drill #1 Position - clarifies your best angle for the mouthpiece, and how much should fit in your mouth
32:32 Drill #2 Lips vs. Jaw - a great exercise to notice if you are "biting" too much, and correct it
37:42 Drill #3 Front Lip Buzz - this really trains and conditions your top lip in particular
47:11 Drill #4 Side Lip Buzz - this helps condition and train the side, or corner muscles of your embouchure
50:54 Drill #5 Bite-Me-Not - also helps to optimize the right amount of jaw pressure on the reed
57:15 Drill #6 Silent Forte - a great exercise to put many embouchure concepts together
1:00:49 Drill #7 Hissing Reed - helps define a good tongue position/voicing
1:10 - end Dr. Wolak answers questions from the live audience
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