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relaxation

Author: Dan Oberlin ★2017
Date: 2005-11-30 11:50

In his book, The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing, David Pino identifies
relaxation, which he defines as the absence of unnecessary muscular
tension, as "the most fundamental aspect of playing clarinet". I'm
interested in hearing from those who play for a living (or have done so in
the past) or are in college as clarinet majors or principals about:
(1) the degree to which they are concerned with monitoring unnecessary
tension in their daily playing,
(2) if this tension is something to which they pay attention, the extent
to which they consider themselves successful in eliminating it, and
(3) if they consider that they have been successful in minimizing this
tension, what strategies have worked for them.

Dan

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