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 Re: Thumb position
Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date:   2020-12-31 16:04

So it's tension after all, isn't it, not so much wrong "technique."

As you practice and get into "the zone" where you stop thinking about it, you relax and your fingers, hand, wrist, and arm assume a more natural position.

When I see my students "bunching things up," and especially when I notice that they're getting tense and maybe apprehensive, I ask them to put the clarinet down, put their hands to their sides, relax their arms and shoulders, take a couple slow breaths, wiggle their arms around loosely for a bit, then bring their hands back up to the clarinet without contorting anything.

Might be useful to you.

B.
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