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Re: left handed clarinet?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2008-05-12 04:16

Actually I see this as a VERY serious issue.

I allude to my feelings about this in a recent post and firmly believe that the brunt of the difficult work for the clarinet is in the LEFT hand !!!!

Many really fine players that I know are indeed left handed. If you really think about the movements required for the fingers of each hand, there is MUCH more complicated one-handed coordination going on amongst the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the left hand. I also sort of threw out the notion that the REAL "break" is at the "A" key, and we fool ourselves out of addressing a more pivotal area just a step below due to the whole full length/shortest length gobbledygook. And I further suggest that if you find holding the clarinet a significant aspect of your technique, you probably are not holding it correctly in the first place.

In short, I firmly believe that the clarinet already IS left handed (well, at least to the extent that a violin is a left handed instrument!). So lefties rejoice!!!

.............Paul Aviles

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