Klarinet Archive - Posting 000736.txt from 2001/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] I need help with a student...
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:46:35 -0500

Ben Maas says:

<<The jaw movement really gets me, though. Sometimes it almost seems like his jaw is connected to his fingers. If he moves his finger, the jaw moves
too--usually in perfect time. Because of this, his sound is really suffering.

Does anybody out there have ideas that I can give him on how to solve this?>>

Have him put a small mirror on his music stand and watch himself play. Until he observes the problem himself, he won't be able to stop. It is probably totally unconscious behavior.

Walter Grabner
problem?

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