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Re: Thumb and wrist soreness on T Sax (OT)

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-07-15 07:17

Burt wrote:

> Do you keep the sax far out in front of you when you play it?
> If so, your thumb is bearing most of the weight of the sax.

To be clear, the pain is in my left thumb, not the right thumb that goes under the thumb rest. No, I let most of the weight hang from the neck strap (which is another reason why I'm not fond of playing either tenor or alto - my neck doesn't like it much).

Karl

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