Klarinet Archive - Posting 000841.txt from 2003/06

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Left, Right or mixed handed?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:51:59 -0400

Gary Van Cott wrote:

> I also believe this subject has been discussed before in a different
> way. More along the lines of, "Is it an advantage for a clarinet
> player to be left handed?"

Gary, the most recent of those threads happened, I believe last summer.
That is where Mr. Galper posted the link to the picture of the right
hand in the upper joint/left in the lower joint clarinet.

Being primarily left handed, somehow, it didn't help me at all, since my
problems with the instrument when first learning were more concerned
with embouchure and tongue position. That said, I mentioned in another
post my curiosity concerning the history of the development of placement
of the hands on woodwind instruments and when that became standardized.
Probably a matter for woodwind curators and other music historians.

Patricia Smith

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