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 Re: Rest left pinky on key?
Author: nellsonic 
Date:   2019-05-15 02:31

Karl,

I've always thought that this was a standard part of clarinet pedagogy, but the fact that both you and Paul find it questionable/unfamiliar makes me wonder about that a little. It's certainly a widely known and used concept.

To answer your question - rarely and only in the beginning. I did have it happen with my most recent beginner student and it took him a couple of weeks to master playing the low G without also pressing the F key. I see this as an advantage though as it trains the hands from the beginning to have the degree of independence between the ring finger and pinkie needed to play the clarinet as shmuelyosef mentioned. It also trains the fingers to be well positioned without being overly tense. Once the habit is established I've never seen issues with it.

Anders

Post Edited (2019-05-15 08:50)
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