Klarinet Archive - Posting 000352.txt from 2010/08

From: Edward Escobar <elescobar@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RES: LH Thumb Placement
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:29:43 -0400

Have you tried a Kooiman thumb rest?

http://www.tonkooiman.com/index.php/en/products

On 2010/08/24, at 4:21, Fernando Jos=E9 Silveira wrote:

> 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> wro=
te:
>> 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 comi=
ng
>> 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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