Klarinet Archive - Posting 000231.txt from 1997/09

From: elspeth4@-----. Grant)
Subj: Re: Throat Ab and hand position
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:56:36 -0400

Jeremy,

I am completely unfamiliar with this problem andwhen I saw this message I
became very curious about why I had never heard of or experienced it. I
put my hand in position on the clarinet joint and discovered that my
index finger stayed very close to both keys. Perhaps your problem is
caused by by your hand position, and you could try just keeping your
wrist and fingers lower to begin with.

Alexis

"You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge
and come out completely dry. Most people do."
--The Phantom Tollbooth

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997 08:55:37 -0400 jayager@-----.edu (Jeremy Alexander
Yager) writes:

>I have a question.
>Are you sopposed to be able to hit the throat Ab key without moving your
wrist?
>I cannot seem to be able to, and it kills me in fast passages (like in
Ab
>arpeggios for example!) I play with my top hand (as looking from the
front)
>angled with the knuckles higher than the fingertips. Has anyone else
had this
>problem? and solved it?