Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2010-10-06 20:32
When I first learned to play, I did the same thing, and I did it for a long time. It didn't affect me much, but when I was in high school my teacher mentioned it. I eventually "switched over."
I teach E-B on the left and F-C on the right, but every so often I'll have a student with very small fingers who finds it easier to do it the other way. I don't make a big deal out of it, but I slowly try to teach it the other way too.
To be honest, I don't think it's really that big a deal. It's important, though, to be comfortable playing both ways. For example, if you have to go from B to C to
E flat, right-left-right (your way) is the best way to go. If you have to play C-B-
E flat, right-left-right is the best way to do it. If your clarinet has a left E-flat key, I suppose you could do it either way, but I have no personal experience with this.
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