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    Embouchure (English: /ˈɒmbuˌʃʊər/ ) or lipping is the use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument. This includes shaping...
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  • Embouchure collapse, "blowing one's chops" is a generic term used by wind instrument players to describe a variety of conditions which result in the inability...
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    playing the saxophone. It includes how to hold the instrument, how the embouchure is formed and the airstream produced, tone production, hands and fingering...
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  • The double-lip embouchure is a type of embouchure used in playing woodwind instruments like oboe and bassoon, and occasionally clarinet and saxophone....
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    more by slackening the embouchure given the same fingering. This is due to the serpent's coupling of a "strong" system of embouchure and mouthpiece, with...
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    has 12 mouths, whereas a concert hydraulophone typically has 45 mouths. Embouchure is controlled by way of the instrument's mouth, not the player's mouth...
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  • of a note), lip (in jazz terminology, when executed by changing one's embouchure on a wind instrument), plop, or falling hail (a glissando on a harp using...
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    legato+vibrato, slurred) Dynamics Trills (B4 to C5, B3 to C4, B2 to C3) Embouchure bending Bassoon reed alone or crowing Flutter tonguing Problems playing...
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    Moulouya River and local residents feared for their crops and livestock. "Embouchure de la Moulouya". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April...
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  • The single-lip embouchure is a type of embouchure used to play clarinet and saxophone. It is characterized by the placement of teeth and lips: the bottom...
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    overtones or harmonics by changing the lip aperture and tension (known as the embouchure). The mouthpiece has a circular rim, which provides a comfortable environment...
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    harmonic notes, and pitch is controlled entirely by varying the air and embouchure. See also Clarion and Natural trumpet The English word bugle comes from...
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    the 1800s, and Jeffrey Tayler who wrote a book about his experiences. "Embouchure de l'oued Dr'a". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original...
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    "Shark attack at Embouchure de l'étang du Gol in Saint-Louis, Reunion". Shark Attack Data. Retrieved 2019-02-17. "Shark attack at Embouchure de l'étang du...
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  • flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length. Transverse...
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  • teeth to form what is called a 'double-lip' embouchure). Adjustments in the strength and shape of the embouchure change the tone and intonation. Players sometimes...
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    tubing, thus changing the available harmonic series, while the player's embouchure, lip tension and air flow serve to select the specific harmonic produced...
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  • 2019) was a brass embouchure clinician, and designer of brass instruments and mouthpieces. Callet rediscovered the original brass embouchure technique utilized...
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    among manufacturers on a particular shape. Acoustic impedance of the embouchure hole appears the most critical parameter. Critical variables affecting...
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    their mouthpiece, the playing technique or embouchure is distinct from each other. The standard embouchures for single reed woodwinds like the clarinet...
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    master the instrument, the musician must employ various and intricate embouchure and fingering techniques. The shehnai has a range of two octaves, from...
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    media help. The instrument is played by blowing on the embouchure of the instrument. The embouchure has two distinct sides, but either can be used to play...
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  • at 146 cm (57 in), which requires a J-shaped head joint to bring the embouchure hole within reach of the player. Despite its name, its lowest note of...
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    Notes above this are part of the altissimo register and require advanced embouchure techniques and fingering combinations. Saxophone music is written in treble...
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    trumpet player Don Jacoby. Clint has written over 25 books on trumpet, embouchure and brass music and has articles on those topics in the International...
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  • anus and buttocks, which act together in a manner similar to that of an embouchure. Both the sound and odor are sources of embarrassment, annoyance or amusement...
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    overtones (additional to the fundamental tone) from each pipe by changing his embouchure. He is known as "The Master of the Pan Flute". Zamfir came to the public...
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    changes when a mute is inserted into the bell, the player changes their embouchure, or volume.[citation needed] A voice can change its timbre by the way...
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    technique in performance is bending, causing a drop in pitch by making embouchure adjustments. Bending isolated reeds is possible, as on chromatic and other...
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    surrounds the lower part of the reed—this provides support for the lips and embouchure. Since only a short portion of the reed protrudes past the pirouette,...
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