Fat bottom lip

Goldenchops55 · Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 8:58 am Post subject:

Hello all,
I am trying to change from my rolled in embouchure because my sound was to small and squeaky in the upper register. I am trying the 2/3 on the upper lip and 1/3 on bottom lip as suggested by Claude Gordon. My only problem is that I have REALLY big lips for a white boy. My bottom lip is especially fat. I would like for both of my lips to be inside of the rim of my mouthpiece, but with 2/3 of the mouthpiece on the upper lip, the rim of the mouthpiece rests on the red of my bottom lip. Is this bad? I would like to know so that I don't enter a bad set up. My main question is, will having the mouthpiece on the red part of my bottom lip affect my range/endurance?? Thanks.

[ This Message was edited by: Goldenchops55 on 2002-05-31 12:01 ]

Emb_Enh · Veteran Member Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 455

GC WROTE>>>

>>>I would like for both of my lips to be inside of the rim of my mouthpiece, but with 2/3 of the mouthpiece on the upper lip, the rim of the mouthpiece rests on the red of my bottom lip. Is this bad?

...YES DEFINITELY BAD....STOP NOW!

>>> My main question is, will having the mouthpiece on the red part of my bottom lip affect my range/endurance??

....YES ABSOLUTELY!!!
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Kenman · Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 12:45 pm Post subject:

IMO .. keep both lips in the mouthpiece .. even if that means curling in. Find a good teacher to help with your upper register sound.

Goldenchops55 · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 12:45 pm Post subject:

Hey,
Thanks for the suggestions. I talked to my band director about it, and he made me change to something else. He gave me a set up where I overlap my top lip just barely over my bottom lip. It seems to work great. I have added 4 notes to my range, and my sound is HUGE in the upper register. Is this a bad setup? It allows me to keep both of my lips Inside of the mouthpiece. Will this hinder me?? Thanks.