Klarinet Archive - Posting 000924.txt from 2003/06

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Left, Right or mixed handed?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:50:53 -0400

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:58:57 -0400, bhausmann1@-----.net said:

> At 08:33 AM 6/25/2003 -0500, Christy Erickson wrote:

> > Personally I don't see any reason it would make a huge difference to
> > anyone except the teacher who insists that's the way to do it only
> > because it's conventional.
>
> It makes a difference to the people being conducted. Of course, every
> conductor is different and must be adjusted to, but this is really a
> major difference.

I can assure you that it isn't.

> And does a leftie conductor reverse the beat pattern, as would seem
> logical, or would a 4/4 beat still go down, left, right, up?

It's what you see in a mirror, if you are a right-handed conductor.

Tony
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