/* Martin Freres Content Styles */
.mf-answer-target {
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8f9fa 0%, #e9ecef 100%);
border-left: 4px solid #2c5282;
padding: 1.5rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0 2rem 0;
border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;
font-size: 1.1rem;
line-height: 1.7;
}
.mf-answer-target strong:first-child {
color: #2c5282;
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}
.mf-stat-box {
background: #fffbeb;
border: 1px solid #f59e0b;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1.25rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
font-size: 0.95rem;
}
.mf-stat-box sup {
color: #6b7280;
font-size: 0.75rem;
}
.mf-field-note {
background: #f0fdf4;
border-left: 4px solid #16a34a;
padding: 1.25rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;
font-style: italic;
}
.mf-field-note strong {
color: #16a34a;
font-style: normal;
}
.mf-toc {
background: #f8fafc;
border: 1px solid #e2e8f0;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1.5rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0 2rem 0;
}
.mf-toc h4 {
margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
color: #334155;
font-size: 1rem;
}
.mf-toc ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.mf-toc li {
padding: 0.35rem 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0;
}
.mf-toc li:last-child {
border-bottom: none;
}
.mf-toc a {
color: #2563eb;
text-decoration: none;
}
.mf-toc a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
/* Spacing between sections */
article h2, .entry-content h2, .post-content h2 {
margin-top: 3rem;
margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
padding-top: 1rem;
}
article p, .entry-content p, .post-content p {
margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
line-height: 1.8;
}
article h3, .entry-content h3, .post-content h3 {
margin-top: 2rem;
margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
article ul, .entry-content ul, .post-content ul {
margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}
article li, .entry-content li, .post-content li {
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
line-height: 1.7;
}
.mf-answer-target + nav.mf-toc {
margin-top: 2rem;
}
nav.mf-toc + h2 {
margin-top: 2.5rem;
}
.mf-stat-box, .mf-field-note {
margin: 2rem 0;
}
Embouchure flexibility is the ability to adjust lips, jaw and facial muscles to control tone, pitch and dynamics on the clarinet. Improve it with daily long tones, mouthpiece or lip buzzing, lip slurs, pitch-bending drills and resistance work such as rubber-band lip resistance. Practice brief focused sessions of 10 to 20 minutes inside a 30 to 60 minute routine for steady progress. ...