Klarinet Archive - Posting 001251.txt from 2000/10

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Bell-Leg Symbiosis
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 06:41:21 -0400

Bill Wright wrote,
> . . . I was instructed not to rest the bell on my leg or the chair.>

Kevin Fay wrote,
>>I would not look at this as a Universal Truth. There are many
>>*exceptionally* fine clarinetists who rest the bell of the horn on
>>their leg or lap; the late Harold Wright and Elsa Ludwig-Vedehr
>>are two that come to mind. If that's playing incorrectly, then I
>>aspire to it.

One thing players need to beware of, though, is that for some people, resting
the bell on the leg may mean slouching over into bad posture that compresses
the lungs or prevents proper breathing from the diaphragm. I rested the bell
on my knee until high school, then unlearned that habit because (although I'm
too short to slouch in that position) my leg obstructed the bell opening
enough to lower the pitch of clarion B and chalumeau E.

Lelia

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