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Re: Crossing the break

Author: donald
Date: 2019-01-18 00:21

Good work on finding what is causing the problem.
The trick with the thumb is that every person has a different thumb, but the most useful advice (that seems to work for most people) is...
- make sure your thumb is "flat" on the tone hole. If you hold the clarinet away from you the thumbnail should be looking back at you like an astronaut helmet (sorry, I know you're not 7!)
- the thumb should not be parallel with the clarinet body, nor at a right angle, but about halfway between. I tell kids to imagine the thumb is pointing to 1.30 or 2 on the clock but NOT 12 or 3.it can seem like a good idea for the thumb to be parallel to the instrument (12 o'clock) but it causes other problems.
I hope this was helpful
Dn

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