Embouchure Definition

ämbo͝o-sho͝or
embouchures
noun
embouchures
The mouth of a river.
Webster's New World
The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
Webster's New World
The method of applying the lips and tongue to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Embouchure

Noun

Singular:
embouchure
Plural:
embouchures

Origin of Embouchure

  • French from emboucher to put or go into the mouth from Old French en- in en–1 bouche mouth (from Latin bucca cheek)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French embouchure, from emboucher.

    From Wiktionary

Embouchure Sentence Examples

  • Those which are higher require a particularly good embouchure.

  • A real trumpet is actually played by an artificial embouchure, the visitor controls air pressure and the valves and hears the results.

  • It has quite a solid rim which is OK if you have an adaptive embouchure and very good for upper register playing.

  • She'd been trying to learn the horn using an oboe embouchure.

  • In ' the trade ' this is known as a double embouchure - where the lips cover both the top and bottom teeth.

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Words Starting With

EEMEMB

Words Ending With

EREURE

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