Klarinet Archive - Posting 000696.txt from 2000/12

From: A4ACHESON@-----.com
Subj: Re: RE: Re: [kl] Stand or Sit?
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:37:04 -0500

kjf wrote, about trumpets,

<<most studio guys will ask to stand for the high stuff -- and in the studio,
it doesn't matter what you look like.>>

Why? When you've just "explained" that it makes no difference?

<<What does any of this have to do with clarinet? Not much.>>

I disagree, because the assumption in your post is that the posture is
affecting only the breathing. I contend that it may also facilitate the
rhythmic understanding of the music.

In sight reading, at least with beginners, many more mistakes are made in 3/4
time than in 2/4 or 4/4.
Why is this?
Because, on average, we have two legs.

I agree that for the experienced player, the more comfortable posture is the
better one and there is no substantial difference in breath capacity between
sitting up and standing up.

Arthur A

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