Author: Slowoldman
Date: 2018-06-06 19:48
I agree with Ken, with additional thoughts.
Yes, I think that leaky rental/first clarinets certainly are responsible for some of the "white knuckles" phenomenon.
Also, assuming most of us started playing in elementary school, we had small hands and small, weak fingers trying to cover holes and depress keys, while learning multiple new skills simultaneously. This doesn't encourage relaxed fingers!
If the habit doesn't get caught and corrected early, it becomes ingrained. And a hard habit to break (along with biting the reed to get the clarinet to make a sound--I was guilty of both!). I was initially taught by the "elementary school band man", who was not a woodwind player. Unfortunately, it was many years before a teacher informed me that these habits were detrimental to my playing.
Steve
Amateur musician, retired physician
Delaware Valley Wind Symphony, clarinet 1
Bucks County Symphony Orchestra, clarinet 2 (sub)
Post Edited (2018-06-06 19:49)
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