Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 2001/06

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] curved fingers
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:21:05 -0400

Good feedback, Richard. I appreciate it!

Stewart

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bush" <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] curved fingers

> Stewart,
>
> As you're finding out, breaking old, deeply entrenched habits is very,
very
> hard to do. About the only things I venture to suggest would be to set
aside a
> part of every practice session to concentrate on this issue. If you think
about
> it every day it should gradually start coming around. Another suggestion
would
> be to do this practicing in front of a mirror so that you can observe your
> fingers' shape and position when playing both slow and fast moving
sections of
> notes. If you were to add up all the total hours of time you have done it
the
> old way, it would be a huge amount of time. Be patient, yet persistent
with
> yourself.
>
> stewart kiritz wrote:
>
> > Interested in any suggestions on learning to play with curved fingers,
> > especially pinkies. No one corrected my flat fingers in my youth, and
now I
> > have quite a bit of facility, but I am running into limitations due to
the
> > flatness. The pinkies are definitely feeble. But it's hard to change
after
> > all this time. I try to be mindful of this issue, especially when
playing
> > slow passages, and this helps. But I regress when playing rapidly.
> >
> > Stewart Kiritz
> >
>
>
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