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 How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Pernille 
Date:   2005-02-04 13:41

Hello!! I'm a clarinetist from Denmark, and I have been playing for some years. Now I have suddenly dicovered that my fingers are all wrong!! It is like the clarinet is too heavy and all of my fingers are pointing downwards, I also have one of those ski jump fingers (I don't know if you call it that by you..) Does anyone know these problems? And if so what can I do?



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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: angela 
Date:   2005-02-04 19:57

i play the clarinet to umm but i don't know what advice to give you but are u keepin ur head up because that helps alot?

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Ambrosia 
Date:   2005-02-04 23:11

Try geting a really cushiony thumb pad. it sounds weird, but it most likley will work.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Pernille 
Date:   2005-02-05 21:51

a cushiony thumb pad - I'm not quite sure how that looks like :-) Could you please give some futher discription?..

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Pernille 
Date:   2005-02-05 21:53

thank you, I'll keep that in mind! I've played for some years, and then kept a breake, and now im starting again and now I notice all of my bad habits!

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Fingerer 
Date:   2005-02-06 00:20


> Hello!! I'm a clarinetist from Denmark, and I have been
> playing for some years. Now I have suddenly dicovered that
> my fingers are all wrong!!

Further proof that the "No Child Left Behind" policy is simply not inclusive enough.


> It is like the clarinet is too heavy and all of my fingers
> are pointing downwards,

I suggest going to a crowded area (where there are many who can help) and then attempting to lift your fingers to their proper upright position. Results come more quickly if you start with the middle one.


> I also have one of those ski jump
> fingers (I don't know if you call it that by you..)

We do indeed call it that. Two questions:

1) Do you take checks?
2) Can it handle snowmobiles?

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Fingerer 
Date:   2005-02-06 00:22


> Try geting a really cushiony thumb pad.

That's your solution to everything.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Pernille 
Date:   2005-02-06 18:42

Your answer somehow provokes me...

Maybe I sound like a whipering person, and indeed I am (my fingers hurt!!), but I thought maybe someone had a tip....or had tried the same thing, and maybe had had the problem for a long time...

Could you please explain what you mean by saying:

Further proof that the "No Child Left Behind" policy is simply not inclusive enough.



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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Fingerer 
Date:   2005-02-06 18:53


> Further proof that the "No Child Left Behind" policy is
> simply not inclusive enough.

I think a successful explanation would require far too many hours of shock therapy to be worth it.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Derek 
Date:   2005-02-07 02:25

Or perhaps you could save your "witty" comments for someone that understands them.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Fingerer 
Date:   2005-02-07 03:17


> Or perhaps you could save your "witty" comments for someone
> that understands them.

I'm sorry, I should have provided a link for you:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1185&item=5954027481&rd=1

Keep at it, tiger.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: RCJ 
Date:   2005-02-16 02:14



Pernille wrote:
-------------------------------
Could you please explain what you mean by saying:<br />
<br />
Further proof that the "No Child Left Behind" policy is simply not inclusive enough.<br />
<br />

It was a "joke" which any moron (well, at least *most* morons) would realize that a person from Denmark wouldn't understand.


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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: musical lottie 
Date:   2005-04-01 15:51

BACK to the topic ... can you adjust your thumbrest? If so, move it down. See if that helps.

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 RE: How do I put my fingers right?
Author: Ambrosia 
Date:   2005-04-06 02:01

Yeah fingerer, as a matter of fact a cushiony pad IS my solution to everything. Kind of like my solution to YOUR MOM BITCH!

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