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Re: Band Director teaching open G w/RH down

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-09-06 18:15

Kilo,

I agree with you that the likely reason for teaching kids "right hand down" from the start has nothing to do with resonance. While it's something I've never really thought about before, it occurs to me that possible benefits from this approach (carried to the logical conclusion of teaching G#, A and Bb with the right hand down) include: (1) preparing hand position for the lower chalumeau, (2) preparing the students for crossing the break, and (3) (as a side effect), while this may not be the best resonance fingering for all (or indeed any) of the throat notes, it still probably provides at least a small improvement in these notes' tone and intonation. The obvious cost is increased complexity in learning the throat notes and approaching them from chalumeau C through F# early on.

But maybe the cost isn't as high as we might want to assume never having tried to teach that way. I wonder if this teacher, and perhaps others, have found through experience that kids don't have all that much trouble starting out with the right hand down and have concluded that the benefits outweigh the cost. IMO, something to think about. That's why I'd like to hear this guy's reasoning and experiences.

Best regards
jnk

Post Edited (2014-09-06 18:19)

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