Sad but true, i'm a little overbite; eventhough my mom's planning to take me to the dentist's sometime in the future, i just wanna know whether it'll affect flute playing (double tonging 's always been my weakness) for now... thanks to any replies.
Well, my lower jaw is just over 1 cm smaller than my upper jaw which could be fixed only surgically. When I first started playing my tone wasn't great, but now I have a B. Mus in flute with a great tone! (I alos have big lips and a very off centre embouchure and I still have a great tone....physically, my face was not designed for flute playing
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I don't think an overbite really affects double tonguing, bu tI am not sure. I don't double tongue much because my single tonguing is very fast.
It shouldn't matter. Like AltoOrganistFlutist, I have "problems" that could only be corrected by surgery. I have an overbite, and my jaw is small to begin with. I did not let them do the surgery, as my lip would have been numb (thus preventing me from playing) for at least a year, and possibly longer, but I still manage to do quite well on flute. You may have to adapt some techniques slightly to produce the desired results, but there shouldn't be anything preventing you from playing flute, or from double tonguing.
flutist06- I didn't have surgery either..the idea of them breaking my jaw and pushing it forward....I didn't want to have to completely change my embouchure, plus the risks of lip numbness and stuff no thank you
As far as I know, it won't. Every flute player has a unique stylr of playing. I also have large teeth and to top that I also have a large lip. It doesn't bother me at all!
If the case is a concern about changing teeth alignment, or something minor, the only work to be done is adaptative.
The problem is when you are forced to use teeth braces it will alter all the physiology of your mouth, mostly lips, and you will have to work hard adapt to it. Takes time, but it works anyway.
On the other hand, when you finally end treatment, you'll have to do the same work backwards.
Now, jaw surgery, and alike, unless it's a serious health matter, I woudn't recommend...
oh boy, no im not planning on any big surgical rectifications... but it just feels really hard to play with your upper incisors jutting out..ok then, at least im not worried that my physical conditions will interfere with it... hoho
I have braces, and that has affected my flute playing. I should have them off super soon *groans*
I don't think if you have an overbite it should cause a problem. That's one of the main reasons I got braces, so unless you need braces, that shouldn't be a problem.
"oh boy, no im not planning on any big surgical rectifications... but it just feels really hard to play with your upper incisors jutting out..ok then, at least im not worried that my physical conditions will interfere with it... hoho"
I realise you have your jaw back when you close your teeth, but have you tried sliding your lower jaw forward a little while you are playing, so that your incisors don't jut out?
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