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Author: pelo_ensortijado
Date: 2009-01-21 10:35
hi.
i need some good workout-tips for my air-support-area.
haven't been playing since early december because of a damage hand and now need to get back on track very fast!!!!
concert next week, and i cant really work that much with my right hand(yet) to "play in shape".
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-01-21 11:57
Get 2 or 3 hollow plastic coffee stirrers and blow through them.
The Langenus Method, book 3 has 3 very nice etudes for the left hand alone.
Ken Shaw
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Author: pelo_ensortijado
Date: 2009-01-21 16:57
we dont have those here in sweden,, but i understand the point. great idea. and they dont take any space so i can do it whenever i have some sparetime. that will fasten things up!
thanks!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-01-21 17:17
Niclas, can you take the weight of the clarinet on your right hand at all, or do you think a support (eg. Quodlibet Fhred) that takes the weight off your right hand and arm would be beneficial while you're recovering?
At least that will allow you to play while seated until you can support the clarinet unaided.
I haven't played since early December but for a different reason, though I reckon in a week or so I should be able to at least play oboe and sax again - I'll have to give it more time before I can play clarinet again.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: pelo_ensortijado
Date: 2009-01-21 17:54
that seems like a good invention. but i guess i dont get it delivered until its "too late".. (maybe ill just order one to have on those rainy days when the rehersals are longer than usual.
yes i can use the hand for a while. but i need to take long breaks, which makes the practicingtime a lot less than nessessary.
what i thought of was some kind of excercice i could do while not playing to at least get the air back in place.
the coffeesturers work great!
anyone has other ideas? i have a lot of time left..
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Author: D
Date: 2009-01-22 20:18
To ease the boredom you could light some candles and blow them out from various distances - through the top half of the clarinet. At least it will be practice blowing the right way and will help get some reeds working again. Also blow up lots of balloons to help strengthen your lower abdomen again.
Hope your hand is better soon.
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Author: Gary Foss
Date: 2009-01-22 22:25
JeanJeans' Vade-mecum has good left hand sequences, if Your able to assemble and dissemble the clarinet without hurting Your right hand. Just being able to play an open g allows all kinds of techniques to be practiced. See the Donald Montanaro article in the latest Clarinet magazine.
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Author: Aprilyn
Date: 2009-01-23 03:24
Swimming may help (or any active sport)? Yoga helps too.
For times when you can play, long note practices on B (all fingers down) are good as it is one of the hardest notes to blow. I also use a metronome while playing arpeggios (eg e min or even diminished arpeggios, anything with 3 octaves) starting at crotchet =60 and if I make it back to the first note without taking a breath I make it slower till I reach down to 40.
Would some sort of wrist strap help with your RH?
Aprilyn
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