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Re: Collapsing finger

Author: sal
Date: 2022-11-06 21:54

A few things I would stress;

In my experience, When you play the clarinet, your fingers (with exception of pinky) has to be the "same length". THis reguires one to curve and "lift" fingers at the middle knuckle. The middle finger requires the most curving, followed by the ring, then the index. Kind of like how one would hold a baseball bat. If you do this, its nearly impossible for finger tips to collapse.

Another thing-make sure the pinkies are in their proper place. So often I see with younger students the pinkies just flailing in any direction. The pinkies should just about ALWAYS be directly over the pinky keys when not in use. I have my students play a 2 octave C scale, making sure the left pinky stays on the B lever(except for the C), and the right pinky on the F/C key. -not depressing the key, just touching it. I find it is extremely difficult to have bad hand posture when doing this. THis is especially effective when figuring out which part of the index finger presses the throat keys.

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