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Re: Developing curved fingers

Author: jonathan.wallaceadams
Date: 2017-10-03 08:21

So, like BG says, it's my right index finger's mid knuckle (same thing with my left ring finger.) I've dedicated my day to hand position research and found that it's likely that it's due to my thumb positions on both hands. I don't know if it will help the pinkies, but it certainly helped my index fingers.

I had previously been having the clarinet rest BETWEEN the tip of my thumb and the knuckle, causing my fingers needing to be extended, leading them to become locked in place. This extension also caused the issue of TOO MUCH padding with my fingers, like Karl said. My solution in the right hand was to put it closer to/ on top of the knuckle. this led to me having naturally curved fingers and everything felt more fluid.

I found that in the left hand, My thumb hadn't been resting on the top of the ring (near the register key,) but underneath the ring.

I found articles with pictures and common mistakes at
http://www.clarinet-now.com/clarinet-right-hand-position.html
and
http://www.clarinet-now.com/clarinet-left-hand-position.html

Tomorrow, I plan on slowly going through some Baermann to get some reps on this more refined way of playing. Maybe this will help both BG and Zhan?

Just an aspiring student.
Buffet Tradition
Mpc.: Hawkins "G", Barrel: Moba, Reeds: Reserve 3.5+

Post Edited (2017-10-03 08:24)

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