Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 2006/04

From: Margaret Thornhill <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Kurt's hands and the side B-flat key
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:38:48 -0400

Kurt,
You must have humongous hands to let your index finger contact the side
B-flat key with the back knuckle AND simultaneously keep the finger pad
over the first RH tone hole.

With my 10 year-old-kid hand spread, the normal alignment works best.
My index finger is 3 1/4 inches from back knuckle to tip. The shortest
distance from the B-flat side key to the first tone hole is 2 1/4
inches, but if I force my hand into the position you describe below as
natural for you, I cannot cover the third finger tone hole or touch the
little finger keys at all.

Cheers,
Margaret Thornhill

Kurt Heisig wrote:
I don't use my 2nd knuckle to play it----I use the one up at my palm and keep my fingers over the ring keys at all times

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