Word of the Day:
embouchure
What It Means
The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
Embouchure in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Source and license
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