Klarinet Archive - Posting 000002.txt from 2010/09

From: Fred <vze2bsbs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 58 LH Thumb Placement
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:55:19 -0400

Your computer thinks it is 2002. Look at the message headers:

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:43:28 -0600

From: Cynthia L Nichols <cynthianichols@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 58 LH Thumb Placement
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Fred

At 09:43 PM 6/25/2002, you wrote:
>Cath~
>
>Incorrect left hand thumb position plagues students and professionals
>alike. Some things I remind my students of:
>
>Your thumb has many jobs; it HOVERS, COVERS, REGISTERS AND VENTS.
>
>Try playing this little exercise in slurred quarter notes. Open G (HOVERS)
>down to throat F (COVERS) to low Bb to clarion F (REGISTERS) to throat Bb
>(VENTS). Many think that all of those actions signify 4 different thumb
>positions, however they are all played from just ONE POSITION. Many people
>change their thumb placement during different notes or registers. Coming
>up too high on the register key is a problem, as it is with throat A;
>edges of fingers on edges of keys. There should be no movement except
>rocking forward to open the register key when changing registers
>especially.
>
>A great book to help you master correct LH thumb position is Kal
>Opperman's Modern Daily Studies, Volume One. The first three exercises in
>the book focus on LH finger position in general including the thumb and
>will cure you forever. There are also some great break crossing (register
>changing) exercises in Howard Klug's Clarinet Doctor book. I highly
>recommend both books as essential technique builders.
>
>Good luck with your passage!
>
>
>Cynthia Nichols
>Artist Faculty/Instructor of Clarinet and Woodwind Pedagogy
>Department of Music
>The University of Nebraska at Omaha
>60th and Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68182
>Office: 227 Strauss PAC
>Phone: (402) 554-3350
>cynthianichols@-----.edu
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