Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 2011/03

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] standing, sitting
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:24:29 -0400

Gary Van Cott wrote,
>>I think sitting on the edge of a chair is extremely uncomfortable. It ay
>>work for a 12 year old but it certainly doesn't for me. I need the support
>>of the back of the chair as well.>>

Same here. I get an aching back if I sit on the edge of the chair. I
practice both standing and sitting, on alternate days, because I don't want
to train my muscles to be able to play only one way. But when I sit to play
clarinet, I use the back of the chair for support.

Two exceptions: for practicing contra-alto clarinet while seated, I use a
drummer's throne, a stool with no back. That's because I'm "vertically
challenged" and I don't have a chair that's exactly the right height for me
reach the mouthpiece and all the keys at the same time! For the same
reason, I can only practice the bass saxophone while standing up. If I
played that in a group, I'd have to stand in the back with the bass fiddle
players and the percussion. Jane Feline doesn't seem to give half a squeak,
but a conductor might....

Lelia Loban
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban

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