To stop squeaking like a sick donkey and play the notes correctly, tighten your embouchure on the clarinet mouthpiece.
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Embouchure
//ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ//
Synonyms for "embouchure" (29 found)
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Translations
9 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 口型 noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Finnish
2 entries- ansatsi noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
- huuliote noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
French
1 entries- embouchure noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
German
1 entries- Ansatz noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- embocadura noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Russian
1 entries- амбушю́р noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- embocadura noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- ambuşür noun (use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.
Source: wiktionary
We approached Piteå at sunset. The view over the broad embouchure of the river, studded with islands, was quite picturesque, and the town itself, scattered along the shore and over the slopes of hills made a fair appearance.
Source: wiktionary
Passing by Conical Rock, an isolated peak which forms a conspicuous landmark, the coast trends to the northward to Cape Dudley Digges and on to Cape Athol. Beyond Cape Athol lies Saunders Island, at the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound, which like most of these inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacier-river.
Source: wiktionary
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