Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2014-04-24 17:19
I've known pro players who never cleaned their mouthpieces, who refused to use basic chromatic fingerings, who never altered or broke in reeds (chose whatever worked, threw out the rest of the box), played with their fingers flying way up above the instrument (even in highly technical passages), played in contorted positions to rest the bell on a knee, a thigh, between the knees, etc., left reeds on the mouthpiece without cleaning either (until the reed 'died'), used a tub of vasoline for their corks (which some consider a major faux pas)...the list goes on.
Whatever you can imagine has probably been done. And if you dig deeply enough, it's probably be taught somewhere as the 'best' way to do it too...
I'm not naming names.
Eric
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