Klarinet Archive - Posting 000369.txt from 1998/10

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chops Builders & Handedness
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:01:52 -0400

klarinet@-----.org schrieb:

> Look, it's me again.
> I've definitely seen this discussion before though the creative
> suggestions people came up with (besides whistling) seems to have escaped
> me.
> When brass players are away from their horns they can get a fari
> workout by buzzing. I've heard about a trombone student who didn't want
> to carry his mouthpiece around with him so he would support a pencil
> between his lips just to give the muscles in that area a workout. What do
> us winds players do. As I mentioned, advice on the sax list was to
> whistle (which I do a lot anyway when it won't annoy anyone). Would the
> pencil thing work? There are a lot of muscles in that region of the face
> which ones should be targeted. Thoughts, ideas, your quirky habit?
>
> Also I was seeking suggestions for building finger speed in my
> non-dominant hand. I'm right handed and have always had a little bit of
> trouble (especially with trills) matching my right hand for finger speed.
> Any tricks of the trade.
>
> Thanks for sharing,
> Jamileh
>
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For trills, one trick I learned from an Hungarian clarinettist called Hernadi
who, in turn, learned it from the Hungarian gypsies is to let your finger
wander around on the key as it trills. Obviously, this only works for trills
using keys. It also works more easily on German system than on Boehm system
(both of which Hernadi played equally well!) as the keys tend to be wider.
David

David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

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