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Re: Advice on finger stretch

Author: JooceLoose
Date: 2020-03-29 20:06

Hi Ralph,

Thank you for your input and I agree totally. I get great benefit from stretching and extending.
I also have small gel packs that I can heat in the microwave or freeze in the freezer and I find that alternately placing a frozen one and a warm one on the backs of my fingers for about ten minutes after I finish playing helps a good deal.
However what I would like to know iswhat is the spacing of the holes on a Bb clarinet. As I said in my previous post the spacing on a high D whistle is roughly 2cm between holes, which I can manage just fine. On a Bb tin whistle the spacing is varied between 2.5cm and 3.5cm and I simply cannot separate my fingers sufficiently anymore to cover the 3.5cm gaps.

Again, thank you for your reply and I hope you and your brother continue to benefit from both exercise and from music.

Jooce.

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