embouchure

Examples

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• For example, a fifth grader who starts playing the clarinet may not use an appropriate embouchure and will compensate as well as he or she can.

  Academic text (2005)

• I set up my music stand and lesson book, held the instrument, formed my embouchure in the way my teacher had demonstrated, reviewed the three fingerings I was taught, and started to blow.

  Academic text (2006)

• Now, Joey has a slight embouchure problem.

  Paternity (1981)

• Any student who has had to change an embouchure in college understands and has experienced this pain.

  Academic text (2005)

• Now compress your lips to create your embouchure... enough for the tip of your little finger.

  Alien: Covenant (2017)

• Complete the steps to form a flute embouchure and play several notes on the flute head joint.

  Academic text (2015)

• If the "triangle of condensation" is present, the student has formed the embouchure correctly and should repeat the exercise a number of times to solidify the learning.

  Academic text (2015)

• If the "triangle of condensation" is not present, the student (with the assistance of the teacher) should review the steps to form a correct flute embouchure and try again.

  Academic text (2015)

• The first thing the new teacher will probably try to do, after making sure the reed is adjusted correctly and the instrument is no longer leaking, is teach a correct embouchure, which can be very painful and perhaps ultimately debilitating for the student.

  Academic text (2005)

• To produce a clear tone, you must master your embouchure while playing the trumpet.

Synonyms

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articulation

vsembouchure

• Specialized

1 4.6

How the lips and tongue move to make speech sounds

is about shaping mouth and lips to play wind instruments

Surface Forms

Etymology