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Dood & Too
Playing Your Dood
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- Playing your D
ood
Make sure your mouthpiece is positioned so the reed is at the bottom. Start by resting your top
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teeth on the top or "beak" of the mouthpiece about 1cm from the tip (Image
), and close your
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mouth around the mouthpiece (Image
). Your bottom lip will cover your lower teeth and make a
cushion for the reed to rest on. Now take a breath and without puffing your cheeks out, try to blow
a note on the Dood. You need not think about your fingers yet, just think about blowing! You can
experiment with a little less and a little more mouthpiece in your mouth and listen to how it changes
the sound.
Image 1 - Teeth on top
Image 2 - Close mouth
Not Making a Sound?
If you find you can't make a sound, you might be biting down on the reed too hard, try to loosen
your mouth a little around the mouthpiece. If you are making a lot of squeaking noises, you might
have too much of the mouthpiece in your mouth, try sliding the mouthpiece out a little and have
another go. Don't worry if you can't always do it the first time!
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