Klarinet Archive - Posting 000801.txt from 1998/03

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: NeckStraps
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:43:49 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: NeckStraps

>At 07:47 AM 3/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>I agree, thats what i am worried about in young students.
>>
>>jennifer
>>
>>On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>>
>I'll bet a strap will help PROMOTE correct right hand position. I have
>seen too many beginners with the thumbrest way to far in toward the hand
>because they can't support the weight where they should. Consequently,
>they have to curl their fingers unnaturally to cover the holes. Horrible
>habits are formed at this stage, and Joe Band Director who was a brass or
>percussion major may not notice until it is too late.
>
Never mind Joe the Brass Major! I KNOW the kids' thumbrests shouldn't be all
the way at the crooks of their hands, TELL them so, and they STILL do it. I
could beat them, but I can't afford the legal fees. I've never used neck
straps with clarinet students, but my least worry would be that using one
would promote an incorrect right hand position. I agree. Taking some of the
weight off the thumb might actually help.

Karl