[Dixielandjazz] Anton Crouch: umlaut

[Hal Vickery]

I would think that you could really strengthen you embouchure by pronouncing the letter "u" with an umlaut.  I still remember Herr Meyers having us do that first without and then with the umlaut in German I in high school.  A friend of mine drew a picture in my yearbook of Donald Duck with a contorted beak and the caption, "Donald Duck trying to say ["u" with an umlaut]."

Another odd thing:  The word umlaut doesn't have one.

Hal Vickery

> From: sharp-b at clearwire.net
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:25:29 -0800
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Anton Crouch: umlaut
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> Anton - -
> 
> Thank you for pointing out the importance of umlauts.
> I wonder what fun we could have adding umlauts to other words? Know of 
> any others?   "umlaut" itself is such a "cool' word to say out loud, 
> though I think my mother would have washed my mouth out with soap had I 
> said it as a youngster.  I knew about it, but kept it to myself, unless 
> with the boys.
> 
> 
> I have also found another use for the word "umlaut":
> Being a trumpet player, I now use it in my daily flexibility regimen, 
> repeating the word dozens of times to strengthen my embrochure, since 
> it thrusts my lips forward, and tightens the corners of my mouth, 
> allowing easy lip slurs and easy access to the high register.
> 
> Bill (B# or Bb) Sharp
> 
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