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Re: How important is the clarinet position relative to the body?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-07-27 16:05

Playing posture is both an individual thing, but it can also be a learnt or taught thing - I tend to use an oboe/soprano sax-like posture when playing clarinet with the elbows out to the sides and the instrument held away from the body as opposed to elbows in and the instrument pointing downwards. But I trust my teacher's advice on that and as it's pretty much the same posture I use on both oboe and soprano sax, it's not out of the ordinary for me.

If you have a pronounced overbite and prefer the instrument to be held away from the body, a mouthpiece with a shallower angled beak (eg. Vandoren Profile 88 series) will make that more comfortable than one with a much steeper angled beak.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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