I actually play with a normal mouth position (bottom lip only), on a jazz book, they were saying that we can play with both lips, I tried it and it sounded just beautiful.

It gave me a much better tone, especilly on "bell" notes like (E3 to B3 and B4 to E5).

Only problem, articulation is a little bit more difficult and register change really hard.

Does anyone here have experimented double lip or play with it? Are these problems getting away with pratice?

Hey, what a coincidence! I just switched to double lip also! I like it much better because I can articulate easier and my tone is a bit better. However the Upper clarion register sound a bit buzzy now but I guess I`ll sacrifice 1 thing for 2 better things!

I guess eventually I`ll get used to it. But I don`t find changing registers any different to me. You probably just have to get used to it if you want to keep your embouchure that way. Tell me how it goes. You may also want to try really push from the diaphram when you switch registers.

Well changing from clairon to lower altissimo is easy but then to go to upper altissimo...it`s really harder. Before, I bited just a liitle bit to get them easily. The solution would perhaps be to give more air, but I don`t want to play too loud...

I`ll pratice half with double lip other half with bottom lip, and I`ll ask my teacher next september.

how do you play with both lips?

I have always played double lip. That was what my clarinet teacher told me to do (many years ago). It`s a bit more pain than with your one lip method especially in really stressed practicing situations. But anyway it was (as far as I know) the original method of playing the clarinet

To play the upper register you have to make the grip on the reed a bit more hard by tighten the muscles around your mouth (as if you have just tasted something sour). The more tighten you muscles are the easier it gets

It will probably take a while before you can benefit from it! Good luck!

double lip is a wonderful way to improve your embochure and re-train it if you have gotten lazy. if you are just starting out, dont switch all at once. use doulbe lip for your warm up routine, or when you are playing an old favorite song. then slowly switch so you are using it more and more if you feel you need to switch completely over. usually, people aren`t exclusive in what they use, they just one way for different songs. to alleviate the pain a little bit, sit back in your chair and hold the bell lightyly in your knees, untill your upperlip has developed the strength it needs.

I`ve been using double lip ever since I started playing, I just didn`t know it til recently. I think the improve tone has something to do with your lips excerting the pressure evenly on the mouthpeice, rather than just where your two front teeth are.

When you lay double lip do you have your top like curled under instead of just your bottom lip? I`m not quite getting it sorry... :|

You play with both lips between your teeth and the reed. That`s why they call it double lip