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Author: RAMman
Date: 2005-02-08 22:26
He obviously taught my first teacher...
I went for weeks with my hands the wrong way round.
D'oh!
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2005-02-09 04:55
I like the caption: "Vive Ste.-Cecile"...
I guess the patron saint of music wasn't watching when the clarinet got popular...
Katrina
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2005-02-09 12:57
A true talent
He is Nullidexterous
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: clarispark
Date: 2005-02-09 13:52
What an idiot. Of course, most of the beginning clarinetists I teach need some help with which hand goes first...but they're in sixth grade and many of them definitely don't belong there.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-02-09 13:53
He will probably be just as lucky in love.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Neil
Date: 2005-02-09 21:12
I suspect that the gentleman posed with his hands crossed intentionally just to have some fun, like when Bob Euker posed for Topps swinging left-handed (he claims no one noticed).
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Author: susieray
Date: 2005-02-09 21:20
That photo was offered for sale on ebay...I wrote to the seller and told him what was wrong with the picture and also told him it was unlikely any clarinet players would bid on it. If I remember correctly the auction ended with no bids. ![[right]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie8.gif)
Sue
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Author: Dano
Date: 2005-02-09 22:12
You mean that is not how you play a clarinet? No wonder I get finger cramps! At least he is blowing through the correct end.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-02-10 14:05
I agree with Neil. The player has a nice embouchure, and his hands are relaxed and at the proper angles. I think it's a joke on the photographer, or perhaps on the viewer.
Ken Shaw
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-02-10 16:17
Brenda Siewert wrote:
> Oh dear. I wonder how long it took him to figure out he wasn't
> actually playing?
>
lol. That's what I was thinking! I'm thinking, "Man is it gonna suck when he sees a throat G# in the music . . . poor guy won't know WHAT hit 'em!"
US Army Japan Band
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-02-10 19:28
It looks like an unusual resonance fingering for throat Bb.
Maybe he knows something that we don't... GBK
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Author: marcia
Date: 2005-02-10 20:47
Thanks Glenn! I've been looking for a secret to that Bb!
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Author: VermontJM
Date: 2005-02-12 03:14
Two quickies:
1. I had a friend when I was in fourth grade and I was starting clarinet... we were going to play together, but she had her mouthpiece on backwards (reed forward) She said that's how she was taught- by her band director.
2. (I have tried this) Imagine - just think about it- switch your hands in your mind and try going through the patterns of a few scales- especially those that use the pinky keys. It's pretty crazy- my brain gets completely confused!
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-02-16 12:08
when I first looked I thought "his knuckles are really pointy!" - which is how mine used to be years ago...
then I looked at it again and noticed that he was playing it backwards....or however you would describe it. and laughed, becuase that's how i first tried it back in fifth grade.
every so often I play it backwards. it works, though not really. but I think he might have been joking- anyone with such a nice embrochure probably wouldn't play it THAT incorrectly!
thanks for the early-morning amusement
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