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Re: Trouble to reach right pinkie C#/F#

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-08-11 04:47

First I would say that there is nothing wrong with curling your pinky.

The other issue may be HOW you hold your clarinet.

If you have the thumb rest directly on the thumb joint or even closer in to the hand, that would make things "bunch up." I have students use the natural "saddle" that exists right in between the tip of the thumb and the joint. For myself, I have been moving the clarinet closer to the tip of the thumb over the years and actually angling the thumb as if it where pointing slightly upward from the horizontal (when drawing a line from the hand to the tip of the thumb). This posture also aides against fatigue and carpal tunnel.

..............Paul Aviles

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