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long fingers

Author: eac
Date: 2012-12-21 13:01

My teacher and I were working on my left hand position and she noticed that I have much long fingers than she which was making my use of the Ab/G# key akward. She had seen other professional clarinet players who had added a (custom made) cork pad on the top of the Ab/G# key. I dummied one up using foam mounting tape and it does indeed improve things so that I do not have to move my hand so much to get to Ab/G# key and allows my fingers to better stay above the tone holes while using the Ab/G# and the A keys. It maybe that the pad will only be a temporary aid as I eventually develop a better hand position or perhaps I will need to use one long term and have a cork one made. But my hands are not all that large (size 7 1/2 or 8 gloves) and my fingers not all that long (index finger from web space to tip 3" and middle finger from web space to tip 3 3/8") and many men have hands larger than mine. I've never seen this addressed on this bulletin board. So I'm curious; any other observations or other solutions? Thanks!

Liz Leckey

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2012-12-21 13:01