Having started out long ago as a flute player, I *had* to have left "up" (closer to head) and right "down" (farther from head)... so it followed naturally when I took up the whistle.
I don't see how it is any advantage or disadvantage otherwise... except that most *instruction* I've seen assumes left top and right bottom... I've seen and heard players with both holds.
I think it's a "whatever works for you" type of thing... although I'm sure there is a school of thought that says otherwise...
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I join the ranks of clarinetists who play the "normal" way. But sometimes, when I'm feeling that I need an extra workout, I switch. Kind of like trying to write a letter by holding the pen in your toes. It comes out barely legible, but you sure have a good time trying. Or like playing with the sheet music upside down. Excellent mental exercises, which I'm told can ward off dementia.
Though I still think I need flash cards to connect the name of the tune with the tune itself.
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Jennie wrote:Excellent mental exercises, which I'm told can ward off dementia.
Rats! If only I'd heard about that in time...
Though all that proximity to aluminum probably cancels any benefit from the mental exercise anyhow. As long as we're still having fun, what's a little dementia between friends?
Jennie wrote:Excellent mental exercises, which I'm told can ward off dementia.
Rats! If only I'd heard about that in time...
Though all that proximity to aluminum probably cancels any benefit from the mental exercise anyhow. As long as we're still having fun, what's a little dementia between friends?
