Author: mamanvatsa
Date: 2020-11-18 02:09
Chris P, thanks for the tips of placing the thumb rest plate! Anyway, I was referring to proper positioning of the very thumb rest, not so much the plate. My focus in the first statement was rather on the relation between height of thumb rest and proper instrument angle, resulting in a good tone quality and intonation. Whereas a higher rest would result in a more horizontal clarinet position, and a lower rest - in a more vertical one (if you follow my logic). Also a different barrel length is needed in both cases, so that to keep the distance between mouthpiece bite and thumb rest, where a higher rest would need a longer barrel, and vice versa. I'm sure some will doubt this "conspiracy", but it's been proved a thousand times during my practice, for I practice for hours playing very short passages, just experimenting with the sound.
Good luck and indulge!
P.S.: I forgot to mention, despite the angle of the instrument (which depends on the height of the thumb rest and barrel length), the starting point of all sound variation, e.g. the register tube placement, which defines the previous two dimensions.
Post Edited (2020-11-18 12:16)
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