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Author: DLE
Date: 2000-07-05 10:24
What Robin has said (See "Nails" Post, reply 9 or 10) has got me a little worried about my technique whilst playing the clarinet. I do keep my fingers very curved whilst playing the clarinet, and I do get pins+needles in my hands from time to time, but I've never complained about it before. My teacher says that my technique is bad and that my hand is too stiff. What should I do to improve my technique whilst playing? Are there any practicing tips?
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-07-05 11:58
Check to make sure that your wrists are not bent. Also check to see that your thumb is not too far under the clarinet. The middle of the thumb rest should be right at the base of your thumbnail.
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-07-05 20:22
If you feel any pain or uncomfortable sensation in either your hands or arms, take a break. Music should be fun, not painful.
My pro clarinetist tutor showed me what he considered the ideal finger positioning. I can't fully describe in words how he positioned each of my hands and fingers. Please see a good pro tutor for these most essential details. With this thought in mind, here is my best recollection of his verbal description. He told me that the key to playing the clarinet is to have relaxed, yet ready fingers that are slightly bent, but not too much. Like everything else, there is a balance. Use the flatter part of your fingertip pads, taking advantage of the natural "tear drop" shape (as seen from the side view of the hand and fingers) most folks have in their fingertips for air tight sealing of the tone holes. This is the "sweet spot" for the tone holes. Like Dee, I believe that you should adjust your right hand position so the clarinet rests on the upper most joint of your right hand thumb, preferably next to the thumb nail area. If your clarinet has an adjustable thumbrest, try a few positions of your hand and the thumb rest until you find what's comfortable for you. As for the left hand, use the least amount of left thumb tip you can to open the register key and get the thumb hole pretty far up on the tip of your thumb. A slight angle from exactly 90 degrees of the left hand helps. This should give the rest of your left hand the distance and dexterity it needs to reach for fingerings and give your left first finger the flexibility to work the throat A and G# keys quickly and smoothly.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-07-06 01:59
1.Every finger has its own inertia:This I learned from Louis Moyse flute book.
2.There is a percussionist book for finger exercise. Ask your friend percussionist.
3.Karmen Opperman's 'Modern Clarinet Technique' is good.
It is segmented:right hand,left hand,middle break,high break,chromatic scales etc. Very systematic.
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Author: Sara
Date: 2000-07-06 03:52
Along the same lines, i seem to have trouble sometimes with my small hands my natural fingering postition where i can play the best, my technique, sometimes when playing faster and more moving music my left index finger hits the Aflat/G# key, is there an alternative way I can hold my clarinet other than the way depicted above, which is how I hold it now?
Sara
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