Klarinet Archive - Posting 000134.txt from 2011/03

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] standing, sitting
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:24:26 -0400

I have no choice. In an orchestra or concert band we sit even when soloing.
In a dance or big band we must stand for solos. Small jazz groups or
"combos" always stand, except when they sit. If you sit correctly(which I
consider, back erect, on edge of chair) it should make no difference. No
teacher ever asked me to stand.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:15 PM, <DGross1226@-----.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 3/17/2011 2:40:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Margaret
> Thornhill <clarinetstudio@-----.com> writes:
>
>
> > ...it is a giant difference in how musically you are playing, in favor of
> > your playing while standing.
>
> Returning to the clarinet after a 31-year break in 1986, for the next 15
> years I "sat" during all my private lessons with some truly wonderful
> teachers. However, when I had my first lesson with Helen Goode-Castro at
> Cal State
> Los Angeles, she let me know in no uncertain terms that "her" students
> stand
> for their lessons. Needless to say, I totally support Margaret's
> endorsement
> of standing while playing...and practicing!
>
> While I haven't required that of the middle school clarinetists (U.S.
> grades 6-8; 11-14 years old) I'm now coaching, I do make them sit on the
> edge of
> their chairs with both feet flat on the floor, with their chins and stands
> as high as possible, and their shoulders as low as possible. "It's the
> air,
> stupid!"
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
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