Author: brycon
Date: 2021-03-19 07:37
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I do not move at the wrist at all. In fact I teach that when you pivot at the wrist, you inherently move your fingers off their tone hole targets. It should be easy enough to move the index fingers laterally to the correct position for the throat "G#" and the side keys.
If you have good technique, you probably already move some at the wrist. Do a trill, say from throat-tone A to Bb, with the right-hand side key and see if you're moving only the right index finger. Most likely, if you have somewhat fast trills, you're moving both the wrist and the finger in combination. Engaging the wrist in trills, by the way, is pretty common pedagogy.
But yes, when you shift positions with your wrist, whether on a side-key trill or a throat-tone G#, your other fingers will move slightly away from their tone holes. Moving them back into the "standard position" is something that requires practicing.
If you're set on keeping your hand position consistently locked in place (and I'm thinking about what Emerson says with regard to consistency here), try repeating an F# minor scale segment, throat-tone F#-G#-A-G#, in sixteenth-notes as an ostinato. How fast can you play it with your wrist locked?
Now I'm sure there are some instances in the repertoire where I play G# without changing hand positions, such as you advise. More often than not, though, I move my hand. But much more importantly, I don't teach students that they must keep their wrists set in place, must keep their fingers close to the instrument, etc. because these musts are often detrimental to healthy playing.
Post Edited (2021-03-19 08:05)
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