Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2011/03

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] standing, sitting
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:03:27 -0400

>
> I also find it impossible to play saxophone slouching in a chair. You must
> be on the edge of the chair with the back erect particularly if you hold the
> horn in front between the legs. You may occasionally want to glance up over
> the music stand to see if the conductor is still up there.
> martin

> 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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