Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 2004/05

From: "Nicholas Yip" <clarinets21@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] left handed C# F# key
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 19:22:01 -0400

It is a Bb clarinet horn. I also have the A clarinet. I do not have the
problem with the B/E key because it is closer.

Nicholas Yip
Clarinetist and Music Teacher

>From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] left handed C# F# key
>Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:18:37 -0700
>
>Nicholas wrote:
>
> > My pinkie barely touches the end of the
> > C#/F# key. In order to get to the meat of the
> > key I have to practically extend my pinkie
> > backwards.
>
>Nicholas, you haven't indicated any problem with the B/E key that is
>next door to C#/F#.
>
>This makes me wonder what your normal hand position is? Are your
>fingers curved a bit, or a lot, or flat? is your wrist bent in an
>awkward position? are your elbows too far out from your side? at what
>angle do you hold the clarinet? is your thumb rest in an appropriate
>position for your hand? etc etc etc?
>
>As I mentioned before, there isn't much difference in *distance* between
>these two keys. So maybe it's time to take a hard look at angles? I
>once had a problem with a key, and the tech solved it for me by bending
>(not by extending) the key a bit. It made all the difference because
>he changed an *angle*, not a distance.
>
>Since we can't see your hands, I join the others in recommending that
>you consult with a teacher or an experienced tech. (I realize that
>you're a teacher, but teachers take lessons from the next higher level
>of teacher also.)
>
>One last thought: you didn't specifically say whether the clarinet is
>Bb/A/bass/contra.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
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