Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-17 22:02
Interesting...when I started with clarinet some five years ago, "That Thumb" was a major issue and I tried this and that. I got not only a sore thumb but also sore pinkies from reaching out.
Now, some years later, I stumble over this thread and think "hey, I haven't thought about my thumb in months". It just vanished, as a tired mouth vanishes once you get your "chops" in place.
One thing that helped me was a thumb rest cushion that didn't buffer against the thumb rest proper but rather against the clarinet body. The skin and muscles between clarinet body and thumb bones is rather thin, which will cause stress and pain, which in turn will cause cramps of all sorts. Remove the root pain, and "collateral pain" will vanish or diminish.
Get the Ridenour Thumb saddle or invest some cents into an easily home-made contraption.
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Ben
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