Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2010/08

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Jos=E9_Silveira?= <fernandounirio@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RES: LH Thumb Placement
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:21:46 -0400

Hi Cath.
Maybe the problem is not on the angle of your thumb, but the portions of
your thumb can hold the register key...
With an 90 degree your thumb must have to turn your entire hand position to
close the hole and yet hold the key; with a, more or less, 45 degree angle
you can close the hole and yet press the key with the 'tip' of your thumb:
several problems could disappear...

Good luck!!

Fernando Jos=E9 Silveira

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Jennifer Jones [mailto:helen.jennifer@-----.com] =

Enviada em: segunda-feira, 23 de agosto de 2010 14:00
Para: The Klarinet Mailing List
Assunto: Re: [kl] LH Thumb Placement

Dear Cath,

I have some questions:

What specifically is your fingering problem? Are you having trouble
covering holes? Are you in pain? Are you having trouble with playing
evenly (notes all the same length, notes all the same volume, notes
all in tune)? Are you having trouble with squeaking? Are you having
trouble with altissimo/high clarion notes?

Regardless of which register these are in, they are a tangle. I tried:
Bb, F, Bb, Ab, Eb (all low chalumeau =3D lowest octave possible)
bb, f, bb, ab, Eb (all upper end of chalumeau)
b'b, f'', b'b, a'b, eb (all clarion)
b'b, f'", b'b, a"b, e"b (highest notes standardly possible)

Would you also please specify the octave each note lies in? There is
a system for specifying octaves at
http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/clarinet/, if you don't already have a
system.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Jones

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Cathryn Calitz <ccalitz13@-----.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to the list and I'm currently struggling with the fingering of a
> particular James Rae grade 6 piece.
> While trying to find the source of my fingering problems with my teacher.
I
> discovered that I hold the clarinet with my LH. thumb almost at a 90
degree
> angle to the Clarinet, while my teacher plays the with her thumb almost
parallel
> to the her Clarinet.
>
> My teacher suggested that it was the way I was holding the Clarinet that
was
> affect my fingering. The piece is called entanglement and it is required
to play
> Bb, F, Bb, Ab, Eb. I have been unaware of my thumb placement before coming
> across this difficulty.
>
> I'm very interested to hear how everyone else holds their clarinet and
whether I
> should try change my style of holding with my LH.
>
> Cath Calitz
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